JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Some of the healthiest shellfish in Florida come from the river that runs through St. Augustine. Commercial fisherman come from around Florida for clams that call the Matanzas ...

A research team from the Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) and the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has helped address this question by developing an ...

POCKETING THE DIFFERENCE. FORECASTING OUR FUTURE NOW THE NUMBER OF CLAMS IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON HAS PLUMMETED. THERE ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM TO KEEP THE WATER CLEAN. YEAH, ONE ...

Giant clams (Tridacna gigas), members of the family Tridacnidae and among the most striking inhabitants of tropical coral reefs, are being driven toward extinction. Over-harvesting for jewelry, the ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla — Clams have been described as the “liver of the river” because of their filtering capabilities. A team on the First Coast is making it their mission to help restore two rivers ...

As mentioned here on a few occasions, the once-carpeted river bottoms in Southeast Volusia and Northern Brevard, a dead zone in modern times, are again blooming with seagrass. Not wall-to-wall yet, ...

The morning sun dances off the Verde River on a hot July morning. Nostalgia drove Sray Campanile to travel more than an hour and half from her home in Buckeye to this spot in Tonto National Forest.