TOKYO >> Hills of white scallop shells were piling up in Yubetsu, a town facing the Sea of Okhotsk in Hokkaido. They looked like out-of-season snow mounds. The shells blanketed every free space on a ...

The shell of a scallop has the classic fanned-out shape that is popular in maritime decor. But watch out: Unlike their other bivalve buddies, scallops can swim across the ocean floor—quite quickly!—by ...

Around the deep-sea vents off the southern coast of Japan, a small, “glass”-like creature was discovered. Getty Images/iStockphoto Off the coast of Japan, thousands of feet below the surface, the ...

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A deep-sea mollusk, Catillopecten margaritatus, lost its sight and adapted to bacteria and chemicals to survive in extreme total darkness ...

Having scallops for dinner is a splurge over the usual Monday night meatloaf. Scallops can turn a pot of herbed rice into a dish worthy of a celebration, and a platter of simply seasoned, seared ...