Why it's awesome: Pacific geoducks are large, saltwater clams that can live longer than 165 years. These phallic-looking sea creatures have very long necks called siphons and are considered a culinary ...

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 ...

Geoduck can be confusing. When you read the name, your first thought might be "oh, it's a type of duck!" or (in the case of this writer the first time I read it) "is that a type of Pokemon?" In both ...

Every day, thousands of pounds of geoducks extracted from the floor of Puget Sound get loaded onto airplanes and shipped across the world, where the delicacy commands a high price. The prized clam ...

OLYMPIA — Despite a Chinese ban on shellfish from the U.S. West Coast, the Washington geoduck industry is shipping its product to Asia, with Hong Kong and Vietnam the top destinations. The Kitsap Sun ...

TACOMA – Opponents of a plan to raise giant clams on Pierce County beaches came to recent hearings on the issue lugging garbage bags full of shellfish farming debris they say they collected near their ...

A Seattle grocer holds live geoducks. (AP file photo/Elaine Thompson/2003) OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Despite a Chinese ban on shellfish from the U.S. West Coast, the Washington geoduck industry is ...

Zack Crow uses pumped sea water to loosen the muck while harvesting geoducks for Taylor Shellfish Farms near Harstine Island, Wash. Demand in Asia for the giant clams is prompting shellfish farmers to ...

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 ...