Materials researchers love sea creatures. Mother-of-pearl provokes ideas for smooth surfaces, clams inspire gluey substances, shark's skin is used to develop materials that reduce drag in water, and ...

A strange creature with a delicate, translucent shell and long, slender tentacles has been recognized as a new species, researchers say. The unusual beast, Waldo arthuri, is a type of tiny clam that ...

SOME specimens of the heart urchin, Echinocardium cordatum, which were kindly sent to us by Mr. J. R. Bruce (Marine Biological Station, Port Erin, Isle of Man), have been examined for carotenoids by ...