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 ...

Party people, here’s your new patronus: the disco clam. A favorite of scuba divers, Ctenoides ales is known as the disco clam for its flashing light display that looks straight out of a dubstep show.

With its colourful tentacles matched with fine silky threads, the flamboyant disco clam lives up to its name. And that’s before it shows off its party trick: it uses what has been likened to a ...