When the disco clam, a bivalve with a flashing light display, is faced with the predatory power of the punching mantis shrimp, things get interesting. Marine biologist Lindsey Dougherty explains the ...

As The Guardian reports, a group of fishing consultants (yes, that’s a thing) have devised a devious plot to lure unsuspecting scallops — by flashing “disco” lights inside trap baskets, which ...

‘Disco clams’ were recently caught on camera 'partying' on the ocean floor while producing their own strobe light effects. And now one scientist, who first came across the entertaining mollusc four ...

Scientists and fishermen in the UK have made the accidental discovery that scallops love "disco" lights. Experts which have called this technique, ‘scallop discos’ have used LED lights in pots to ...

The so-called "disco clam" is one eye-catching mollusk—nestled in coral reefs off Indonesia, the animal generates brilliant flashes of light that earned it its festive name. Now Dougherty and her ...