The world’s largest burrowing clam, the geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck) can weigh 14 pounds and live for more than 150 years—though most of the commercially available ones average two pounds apiece.

It’s a weird-looking animal, the geoduck clam. It looks a little like a regular, everyday steamer clam — but much bigger. “It’s two and a half to three pounds in weight and then the neck on it — it ...

Have you ever seen a creature — seagoing or not — with a longer schlong? Of course not. And even more so when you consider the size in relation to its puny body. Man, can you imagine the geoduck ...

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OLYMPIA — For more than a decade, several Thurston County residents have fought to protect a beach from one of the shellfish industry’s cash cows — or more specifically, cash clams. Known for their ...

OLYMPIA — For more than a decade, several Thurston County residents have fought to protect a beach from one of the shellfish industry's cash cows — or more specifically, cash clams. Known for their ...

After testing the arsenic levels in geoduck clams, the Washington Department of Health has found the geoduck clams in the area outside Federal Way are safe for human consumption. Chinese authorities ...

Southeast Alaska dive fishermen will get back to harvesting clams this week. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Tuesday that the geoduck fishery would resume now that Asian demand is ...

Citing the animal's tendency to stick its neck out, Evergreen State College in Olympia adopted the geoduck as its mascot. The Geoduck Tavern, an aging waterfront bar on the Olympic Peninsula, sponsors ...

The mighty geoduck clam is a local food source, native to my island home. But digging for it demands a license, fortitude, and fast shoveling. Knowing that Bainbridge Island inhabitants once fed ...

For more than a decade, several Thurston County residents have fought to protect a beach from one of the shellfish industry’s cash cows – or more specifically, cash clams. Known for their funny name ...