Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils recorded it all.

An asteroid strike 66 million years ago caused millions of species to go extinct—including many mollusks. By studying the impacts of this ancient event, scientists hope to ensure that mussels ...

In a new study recently published in Genome Biology and Evolution, researchers from the University of Bologna turned their attention to an unlikely group of creatures—bivalve mollusks, a group that ...

Bivalve mollusks, often overlooked in aging research, may hold clues to longevity, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Bologna. The study has revealed a network of genes ...

Mollusk Bivalves Could Unlock Secrets to Longevity SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) For centuries, humans pursued the "fountain of youth" in the quest ...

Bivalves are incredibly important animals for the health of the ocean. To learn more about these amazing animals, read about them here.

Team finds that the bivalve mollusk Anadara kagoshimensis can endure high water salinity by Scientific Project Lomonosov Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain ...

My research focuses on the ecology and conservation biology of streams, in particular the functional roles of freshwater mussels, and in quantifying the ecosystem services provided by stream organisms ...

Controls in EU countries on bivalve mollusks are not always adequate to protect consumer health, according to the European Commission. Bivalve mollusks include mussels, clams, oysters, and ...

Our bivalve research group can offer several types of projects in conservation biology for BSc- and MSc-level students. Don’t hesitate to contact us for an informal discussion about what we can offer ...

Inspired by the hinge of bivalve Cristaria plicata, which experiences hundreds of thousands of repeating opening-and-closing valve motions throughout the bivalve’s lifetime, a research team led ...