No matter the dish, it can be intimidating to cook clams and mussels, especially the first time around. What's the difference ...

Like oysters and mussels, clams are bivalves, a kind of mollusk that's encased in a shell made of two valves, or hinging parts. And that shell comes in all different sizes. There are small clams ...

By Jill Newman For centuries Native Americans treasured quahog shells, the purplish hard coverings of clams found along North ... I was drawn to its beautiful purple color, but after researching ...

A fatal leukemia that decimates soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria) populations in the Atlantic may ... which convert the clear circulatory fluid of healthy animals to a milky-white color. Sickened animals ...