Don't think you're a clam person? Consider the cockle. The pint-sized bivalve is 100 percent sweet, tender meat with none of the overwhelming brininess that turns people off from other shellfish. Even ...

Renowned for forming 50 per cent of the merchandise of Sweet Molly Malone, the cockle is praised by Alan Davidson in his encyclopedic volume North Atlantic Seafood as "a valuable and delicious food".

Bivalves: clams, scallops, oysters, cockles, and mussels, have rich lives and complex evolutionary histories far beyond the deep-fryer. Here are vignettes of four bivalves that provide a small glimpse ...

The loss of cockle populations threatens food security and jobs in the fishing industry, along with wider impacts on the ecosystem. Future research into contagious cancers in cockles and other ...

This recipe may change your mind about this divisive bivalve Stephen Harris chef and owner of The Sportsman, Seasalter Chef Stephen Harris opened The Sportsman, in Seasalter, Kent, in 1999. His ...

SLURPING OYSTERS from their shells may be a rare indulgence for humans, but these bivalve molluscs and their relatives, such as clams and mussels, slurp for a living. Most are filter feeders, ...

Since the dawn of human civilization, much has been written about the sheer adrenaline-pumping excitement of clams, scallops, cockles, but today’s digital age has cranked-up that heart-pounding thrill ...