'Shell-crushing,' an explosive sound, occurs when marine animals crack open hard shells like clams to eat the edible tissue. There hasn't been any data to support this feeding noise, until now. A ...

It's a lovely experience to walk on the beach, and it can be made even lovelier by finding a large empty seashell and putting it to your ear, and hearing the sounds of the ocean. It also gives ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists and acousticians strike an unusual partnership to understand the mesmerizing role of conches in the temple culture around Peru's Chavin. The sound is ancient and eerie.

'Shell-crushing'—exactly what it sounds like—is a predatory mode used by numerous marine life from crabs to octopuses to large fishes and mammals when they eat hard-shelled mollusks like clams, ...