Geoducks can reach 14 pounds and live more than 150 years—so long that scientists use rings on the clams' shells to track climate change. Geoducks are broadcast spawners: several times a year, in late ...

Lauren Murphy is a writer and environmentalist based in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a degree in Environmental Sciences from Western Washington University. Geoducks (pronounced "gooey ducks") are ...

Along the cold coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest lives one of the most unusual creatures found in the ocean, the geoduck clam. Known for its massive size and strange appearance, this saltwater ...

The equipment used to farm geoducks, including PVC pipes and nets, might have a greater impact on the Puget Sound food web than the addition of the clams themselves. That's one of the findings of the ...

It’s time to dig for a geoduck on the beaches of Puget Sound and Hood Canal as extremely low tides are looming on the near horizon allowing shellfish gatherers a rare chance to get these deep-dwelling ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Known for their briny flavor and phallic shape, geoduck clams can cost up to $30 a pound. The geoduck industry in British Columbia is worth about $55 million, and about ...

HARSTINE ISLAND, Wash. — John King plunges his arm up to his shoulder into the mudflats of Puget Sound, roots around and soon pulls from the muck the world’s largest burrowing clam. The mollusk ...

A young couple in the Puget Sound makes a living harvesting the world’s largest clam. Geoducks, the giant clams of the Pacific Northwest, are considered a seafood delicacy—although they’re mostly ...

For over two decades, Suquamish tribal member Joshua George has dived into the emerald waters of the Salish Sea looking for an unusually phallic clam that’s coveted thousands of miles away. George is ...