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It might look like a clam, but don’t be fooled – this is no clam. It walks on two legs and tucks its home under its arms wherever it goes

This bizarre sea creature blurs the line between animal and object, strutting across the ocean floor while hiding in plain ...

Meet The Largest Freshwater Turtle Ever. Hint: Its Shell Was Bigger Than You

This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...
The Southern Maryland Chronicle

Rare Miocene Fossils Join CMM Holdings

Barry Norbeck donated thousands of documented fossil shells to the Calvert Marine Museum on Jan. 9, 2026, enhancing its Miocene collection with material from now-inaccessible sites along Calvert ...
Crude Oil Prices

Shell, INEOS Energy Discover Oil In The Gulf of America

Shell and INEOS Energy have struck oil at a deepwater exploration well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, confirming a new discovery in the high-pressure Norphlet formation. Shell and INEOS Energy said the ...
Forbes

BP Merger With Shell Edges Closer With O’Neill’s Appointment

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Investors can expect a revival of speculation about a merger of global oil giants BP and ...
WMNF

Seagrass meadows on Florida’s Nature Coast are thriving; we know that from seashells from centuries ago

Seagrass meadows are an essential part of Florida’s coastal ecosystem. Jenny Adler Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida and Thomas K. Frazer, University of South Florida During a day at the beach, ...
Tampa Bay Times

Centuries-old seashells explain the Nature Coast’s thriving seagrass meadows | Column

Our editors' top picks to read today. Seagrass meadows “are among the most important structural habitats on our planet.” These mollusk shells were collected by divers from Florida seagrass meadows in ...
WLRN

Seashells from centuries ago show that seagrass meadows on Florida’s Nature Coast are thriving

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Michal Kowalewski is the Thompson Chair of Invertebrate ...
The Conversation

Seashells from centuries ago show that seagrass meadows on Florida’s Nature Coast are thriving

Michal Kowalewski receives funding from the US National Science Foundation, University of Florida Foundation and the Felburn Foundation, Florida. Thomas K. Frazer receives funding from the National ...
EurekAlert!

A warming climate could decimate mollusk populations in the Western Atlantic

Boulder, Colo., USA: The consequences of a warming climate are known to be dangerous for marine ecosystems, with environmental changes like ocean acidification and warming, disrupted nutrient supplies ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Unearth Seven Rare Wampum Beads at 17th-Century English Settlement in Canada

Seven wampum beads have been discovered during excavations at a 17th-century colony in Newfoundland. Hundreds of years ago, Indigenous inhabitants of North America created the small, cylindrical ...