Transmissible cancers in cockles — marine cancers that can spread through the water — have been sequenced for the first time, unearthing new insight into how these cancers have spread across animal ...

Better water quality in Wales’ most famous cockle area is linked with smaller cockles that have a higher mortality rate, a new survey of fifty years of data has revealed. Cockles have been harvested ...

Q I collect shells on the beach, particularly large shells, and use them for soap dishes and such around the house. Can you tell me what these large shells are? A. These are cockle shells, common on ...

Over the long hot summer many kiwis will be digging deep in the sand for pipi. These yummy shellfish live buried in the sand and are free at the beach! They are distributed around the New Zealand ...

Live cockles in their shells are available from some fishmongers – these undergo rigorous cleaning processes that significantly reduce the risk of transmitting a food-borne illness. Frozen raw cockles ...

A couple of weeks ago, I heard the ocean calling, and my heart stirred. At 7:30 a.m. May 6, there was a -1.3 low tide, and the clam and cockle beds in Tillamook Bay at Garibaldi would be exposed. I ...

The secret of imperial purple has been rediscovered. Purple was the colour of Rome's Caesars... A British amateur chemist has worked out how the ancient Romans dyed the togas of emperors this deep ...