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Giant clams that live for hundreds of years

A quahog clam born around 1499 is the oldest individual ever discovered, demonstrating the longevity of this species.Two shells of the 507-year-old clam. (Photo: Science Nordic).In 2006, a giant ocean ...

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The First Animals on Earth that Glow

Bioluminescence, the ability of living organisms to produce light through chemical reactions, may have appeared 540 million years ago in deep-sea corals.Scientists at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ...