Giant clams can grow larger than one metre across, and weigh up to 250 kg Around 200 tonnes of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth nearly $25 million (£18 million) have been seized in the ...

WASHINGTON— Responding to a petition by biologist Dwayne Meadows, Ph.D., and following the Center for Biological Diversity’s notice of intent to sue, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The National Marine Fisheries Service announced that seven of ten giant clam species petitioned for listing under the Endangered Species Act need further study. The 90-day review ...

Giant clams, which live on the seabed of the Pacific coral reefs, have risen from “vulnerable” to “critically endangered,”—only one step from extinction in the wild. Giant clams appear ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Authorities seized 30 tons of giant clam shells, worth P45 million, during a raid in Patikul town in Sulu over the weekend. Giant clam, locally known as taklobo ...

And that shell comes in all different sizes. There are small clams, like these, which are often used for cooking. And then there are giant clams, which can grow more than a meter long and weigh as ...

Authorities seized around 30 tons of giant clam shells, known as “taklobo,” worth around P45 million in Patikul, Sulu. Personnel of the Sulu Maritime Police Station (MARPSTA) and the Ministry of ...

Policemen and personnel of the Bangsamoro agriculture and fisheries ministry seized 30 tons of giant sea clam shells in a joint operation in Barangay Taglibi in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday. Officials of ...

AUTHORITIES seized in a law enforcement operation P45 million worth of Giant Clam shells, locally known as "taklobo," in the province of Sulu, the police said M ...