Scientists, including experts from the University of Oxford, have discovered a new species of mollusc that lived 500 million years ago. The fossil, called Shishania aculeata, reveals that the ...
The Museum's collection of fossil molluscs is among the world’s most systematically, stratigraphically and geographically comprehensive. It includes more than 20,000 type and figured specimens. The ...
Because filter-feeding bivalves and mollusks take all their nutrients from filtering seawater, they are an excellent choice for a sustainable form of aquaculture that is helping to take pressure ...
It might be that the way Xylophaga species digested wood simply did not function sufficiently well for the molluscs to establish themselves in the region - even if their larvae could cross the ACC ...
The badger is an adept shoveler, so much so that it can outdig a man digging with a shovel. With its stocky, flat build, badgers are powerful, relentless hunters, and are constantly pursuing the ...