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Oldest Clam Consternation Overblown

11/16/2013

 
Scientists didn't actually kill the world's oldest animal, a clam, just to find out how old it was.

For National Geographic Daily News

Consternation over the death of the world's oldest-recorded animal, a 507-year-old clam nicknamed Ming, has earned marine researchers unhappy headlines worldwide.

But a closer look at the story—"Clam-gate," as the BBC called it—finds the tempest over Ming a bit overblown. (Also see "Clams: Not Just for Chowder.")


News of the clam's death, first noted in 2007, took on a life of its own this week after researchers led by James Scourse, from the United Kingdom's Bangor University, reanalyzed its age and announced the 507-year estimate.

Contrary to news reports, the researchers say they did not kill the elderly clam for the ironic-seeming purpose of finding out its age.


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The Last Chase

11/1/2013

 
I contributed to the reporting for Robert Draper's National Geographic Magazine's November cover story on Tim Samaras and the El Reno tornado. Read it here.
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