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A gloved hand, protruding out of the shadows, holds up a test tube containing scientific samples.
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Preserving biological specimens for DNA analysis just got easier

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
A mother whale and her calf swimming in the ocean, seen from above.
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What impact would a proposed change to the Endangered Species Act have on marine plants and animals?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
A newly discovered mussel seen under a microscope.
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New species of mussel that lives in an ancient undersea forest discovered by Northeastern marine scientist

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
shipworm on a black background
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Shipworms can chew through a boat. Northeastern researchers explain their digestive process

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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So, how do genderless clams have sex?

by Adam Fischer
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Researchers observe the bizarre sexual behavior of shipworms for the first time

by Molly Callahan
Photo of a shipworm
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Unlike humans, shipworms have no problem with bacteria getting in their cells. Why?

by Laura Castañón
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Here’s what we can learn from the bacteria in the clam that sank a thousand ships

by Laura Castañón
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This mollusk grows fat on a diet of rock

by Laura Castañón
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It’s a clam that dresses in pinstripes and devours wood

by Laura Castañón

Saddam Hussein destroyed the biblical Eden. This cross-cultural partnership could restore it.

by Laura Castañón