I found several hand-size shells on a Baja beach last winter, and learned they’re called pen shells. I would have named the translucent beauties fan shells, since they look like fluted fans decorated ...

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A luxurious fiber once reserved exclusively for emperors in ancient times has been brought back to life by Korean researchers. A team led by Professor Dong Soo Hwang and Professor Jimin Choi has ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A fan mussel found only in the Mediterranean was officially added to the list of critically endangered species, after scientists recorded a dramatic decline in its population ...

Noble pen shells are seen as an indicator of the ocean's health, recording on their long-lived shells the chemical and physical changes in the waters. An IUCN map of the affected region, periodically ...

Ocheon Port, a harbor in northern Boryeong, South Chungcheong. It is a small port, but it becomes very busy from March to May. That is because the spring delicacy, pen shell, is in season. Ocheon Port ...

The Noble Pen Shell is the largest of all pen shells and can be found in the Mediterranean Sea. This species is endangered due to over-collecting, pollution, and disease. The Bailey-Matthews National ...

Diving in the cold November sea near the Croatian coast to check several submerged onion bags hanging on the suspended rope, Croatian marine biologists Silvija Kipson and Sandro Dujmović were in for a ...