Some critters have more star power than others. It helps to be cute like sea otters or monarch butterflies. Or gracefully dangerous like great white sharks and mountain lions. Or edible like abalone ...

Mrs. Dora J. Ryan of Santa Maria, enjoys the comforts of home as friends clam at Pismo Beach in January 1965. “Some 30 years ago I used to come here with my boys, but we didn’t have to go out far for ...

Once abundant in Pismo Beach, the Pismo clam (pictured here near the Pismo Beach Pier) vanished in the 1980s but then mysteriously reappeared in recent years. (Pat Pemberton/Courthouse News) PISMO ...

The 70th annual Pismo Beach Clam Festival kicks off Friday night with a paid Wine Walk around downtown and family-friendly activities continuing throughout the weekend. The walk runs from 5 to 7 p.m.

Jace Tunnell is the Director of Community Engagement for the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

PISMO BEACH — Once a cherished central California fishery, Pismo clams went missing from their namesake beach for decades. The treasured shellfish, however, are now making a steady, triumphant return.

HARKERS ISLAND, N.C. (WMBF) – The storm waves brought on by Hurricane Dorian in early September has turned up interesting finds on the Carolina coast, including a two-pound clam shell. The Cape ...

A 2-pound prehistoric clam shell is being cited by Cape Lookout National Seashore as an example of the larger-than-average seashells washing up on the Outer Banks after Hurricane Dorian. Photos posted ...

There are a lot of different reasons why a clam might open its shell. My friend Jonathan Robinson, a marine ecologist at Washington State University, told me all about it. If we spent some time where ...

As an Associate Food Editor, Bridget Hallinan primarily focuses on home cooking content for Food & Wine.com. She writes and edits recipe content, interviews chefs for helpful tips and tricks, and ...

PISMO BEACH — Once a cherished local fishery, Pismo clams went missing from their namesake beach for decades. The treasured shellfish, however, are now making a steady, triumphant return. No one knows ...