Animals are awesome. But which is the ultimate champion? Over the next seven weeks, we’ll be pitting some of nature’s most remarkable creatures against one another in a series of virtual battles. Two ...

TACOMA – Raising geoducks may endanger inland marine life and tidelands, Pierce County planners say, a finding that could likely complicate the county’s permit process for farming the ugly but ...

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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 ...

Geoduck farming’s increasing use of plastic gear cost it a top-spot rating from Seafood Watch, a consumer guide popular with environmentally minded eaters. Washington’s farmed geoduck was downgraded ...

It’s not a duck, but it sure is gooey. The poorly-spelled geoduck, which is pronounced “gooey duck,” is a large, burrowing clam that is native to the coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest. With a ...

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 ...

SEATTLE - The state Department of Natural Resources is considering granting Taylor Shellfish a lease to harvest geoducks it grew illegally on state lands. The state's largest shellfish grower applied ...

There is such a thing as a free lunch, and summer solstice’s extremely low tides on the Hood Canal had the neighborhood out for the feast. Great blue herons lined the mudflats looking for treats that ...

STRETCH ISLAND, Mason County —For five generations, Paul Taylor’s family has grown clams and oysters on South Puget Sound, building the largest shellfish company on the West Coast along with ...

Geoducks (that's pronounced gooey-duck) are a shellfish delicacy, fetching about $30 a pound here in Seattle. But how do you cook these curious creatures? Kevin Bartlett of Taylor Shellfish at Melrose ...

During preconstruction of the Purple Line, an MTA crew uncovered 300,000-year-old geoduck (pronounced “GOOEY-duck”) shells. Now found only in the Pacific Northwest, these colossal saltwater clams ...