American hard shell clams – large clams with a thick, heavy shell. Palourdes (also known as Manilla clams) – clams with a pretty, marbled shell that are excellent for steaming.

But Hensel isn’t looking for living bivalves—she’s searching the mudflat for the shells of dead clams. “I did lose a boot or two,” she recalls. “You can get sunk into it pretty deep.” ...

A 2.6-pound quahog clam believed to be 214 years old was found in Florida's Alligator Point last month. The clam was likely born in 1809 – the same year as Abraham Lincoln – and is named "Aber ...

Clam shells could help scientists understand the Atlantic Ocean’s sensitive circulation system — and predict whether that crucial system might catastrophically collapse.

J. H. Salisbury, State Chemist, New York, has, in the " Plow, Loom and Anvil," presented an analysis of oyster and clam shells, to which the attention of our farmers, near our coasts, should be ...