PROVIDENCE – So you’re new to Rhode Island and you don’t know what a quahog is. Or maybe you’ve been here a while and you’re too embarrassed to ask. Here's everything you need to quickly get up to ...

How can we predict the future? A good way is to look into the past, and who better to ask than one of Earth’s longest-living animals: the quahog clam. These modest mollusks don’t look like much, but ...

Scientists, lawmakers, and those who make their living from Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay are teaming up to hunt for the reason why quahogs appear to be on the decline. Quahogs have a long history ...

Adam H. Callaghan is a Quality Team Developmental Editor for Food & Wine. A multilingual editor and writer based in New England, he's worked across digital and print for over 10 years covering food ...

The purplish shells of quahogs, treasured in the past by Native Americans, now appear alongside gold, mother-of-pearl and onyx. By Jill Newman For centuries Native Americans treasured quahog shells, ...

Quahogs, known elsewhere as hard-shell clams, are a key part of Rhode Island's culture and economy. The name "quahog" comes from the Narragansett word "poquauhock," and different sizes of quahogs have ...