Once regarded solely as marine pests, shipworms are emerging as key players in climate resilience, biocultural knowledge and health innovation. This interdisciplinary webinar explores shipworms’ overlooked potential, featuring insights from marine biology, Indigenous food systems, anthropology and science communication.
Speakers will share findings from fieldwork in the Philippines, highlighting shipworms as sustainable food sources, reservoirs of symbiotic bacteria with biomedical promise and subjects of children’s science storytelling. The event underscores how inclusive, community-engaged research and narrative approaches can help reshape public understanding and drive conservation efforts grounded in local realities.
