Giant Clam

Giant clams are fascinating!

Unfortunately, that admiration has resulted in critical status. The main threat to them is harvesting.

Efforts to protect them have demonstrated success and bolsters hope for the future.

Learn more below:

Through the Sands of Time: Giant Clams as Paleoclimate Timekeepers – Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media [Image above is from this article]

True Giant Clam | NOAA Fisheries

Giant clams – ScienceDirect

Guardians of the clams: a decadal monitoring effort of endangered giant clams by citizen scientists | Journal of Molluscan Studies | Oxford Academic

Giant Clam – Great Barrier Reef Foundation – Great Barrier Reef Foundation

How tiny algae shaped the evolution of giant clams | ScienceDaily

Giant clams thrive with Indigenous management in American Sāmoa