Geoducks (pronounced "gooey ducks") are large clams found along the West Coast of North America, from Alaska to Baja California. Geoducks can weigh up to 7 pounds and look a bit unusual — their ...

Any conversation about geoduck clams really should begin by getting the 12-year-old boy humor out of the way at the start. Because there really is no way around the fact that these very large clams – ...

Seeking a geoduck is downright dirty business. You’ll need to just about bury yourself headfirst into mucky sand and seawater to get to the deep dwellers of Puget Sound. Last weekend, we took our ...

From microscopic plankton to intimidating, deep sea lantern fish, the creatures that live in the ocean are as varied and unfamiliar as if they lived on another planet. Among these strange looking ...

The geoduck—a bizarre yet edible mollusk that populates the waters of the Pacific Northwest—looks more like a gag gift you’d purchase at Spencer’s than the focus of an $80 million industry. But ...

Remember Hung Huynh, the Season Three winner of cable television's Top Chef? And remember that really weird ingredient he used to create a dish one of the judges called "three-star worthy"? It was ...

Craig Parker popped his head above the surf, peeled off his dive mask and clambered aboard the Ichiban. We were anchored 50 yards offshore from a fir-lined peninsula that juts into Puget Sound. Sixty ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Cliff Cultee and other Lummi geoduck divers hope to get a chance to harvest the big, meaty clams again this spring. Geoducks, like all bivalves, are subject to temporary ...