I found several hand-size shells on a Baja beach last winter, and learned they’re called pen shells. I would have named the translucent beauties fan shells, since they look like fluted fans decorated ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A fan mussel found only in the Mediterranean was officially added to the list of critically endangered species, after scientists recorded a dramatic decline in its population ...

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A luxurious fiber once reserved exclusively for emperors in ancient times has been brought back to life by Korean researchers. A team led by Professor Dong Soo Hwang and Professor Jimin Choi has ...

A Korean research team has recreated a luxurious fiber once used by ancient emperors. The team developed this eco-friendly fiber from discarded pen shell byproducts. POSTECH announced on the 26th that ...

Ocheon Port, a harbor in northern Boryeong, South Chungcheong. It is a small port, but it becomes very busy from March to May. That is because the spring delicacy, pen shell, is in season. Ocheon Port ...

A huge decline in the number of noble pen shells, an endangered species of Mediterranean clam, is happening in Croatia’s south, as scientists warn that the parasite causing the problem is spreading ...