The giant clam, known for its colorful cape-like mantle, wavy shell and astonishing size, is in danger of going extinct after ...

Learn about the giant clam's new critically endangered status and the urgent efforts to protect this marine giant.

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The giant clam is now in danger of going extinct after its population plunged by more than 80% over the last century.

Giant clams are critically endangered, with populations down 80% due to overfishing and climate change. Conservationists are ...

“This study provides a first present-day example of how a cold downwelling from above is breaking up a deep mantle blob,” says Sanne Cottaar, a professor of global seismology at the University ...

The Earth's mantle might not always move along in lockstep with the overlying tectonic crust—as set out in science textbooks for decades—but may instead behave differently. This is the ...

A one-of-a-kind item from New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle is being offered for auction at Leland's, per TMZ Sports. "Offered is a one-of-a-kind item: a display of 99 Mickey Mantle signatures ...

Geology textbooks describe the Earth's mantle beneath its plates as a well-mixed viscous rock that moves along with those plates like a conveyor belt. But that idea, first set out some 100 years ...