Now, a correction. On Tuesday, we ran a story about the famous Renaissance painting the "Birth Of Venus" by Sandro Boticelli. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: You know the image - a nude Venus, head tilted, red ...

A contagious blood cancer jumped from one species of clam to another and spread among clams living in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, shows a study published today in eLife. The findings add ...

Sunray venus clam shells have long been treasured by tourists, thanks to their thin, glossy-smooth wings' sunburst markings, while their sweet, delicate meat has been savored by locals. In recent ...

Thirteen miles from the coast, marine biologist Bruno Pernet found himself surrounded by concrete, asphalt and an assortment of roughly 10,000 seashells. There were the iridescent shells of black ...

It’s probably the most asked question by beachcombers hoping to snag an oceanic souvenir: Where is the best place to find seashells? Of course, everyone has their own opinion on where and when to find ...

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Can a shellfish create jobs while resuscitating our Southwest Florida bays? Maybe not one shellfish, but we've got more than one to work with: the American pen shell, the oyster, the southern hard ...

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. NPR offers a correction to a piece earlier in the week in which we referred to the mollusk in the famous ...

A contagious blood cancer jumped from one species of clam to another and spread among clams living in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, shows a new study. A contagious blood cancer jumped from ...

NPR offers a correction to a piece earlier in the week in which we referred to the mollusk in the famous "Birth of Venus" painting by Botticelli... Correction: What Is The Shell In The 'Birth Of Venus ...