Like climbing Mount Rainier, fishing for steelhead or performing a microbrew pub crawl across Seattle, digging for the wily geoduck is an exercise in regional identity. Although a few of the big clams ...

It’s time to dig for a geoduck on the beaches of Puget Sound and Hood Canal as extremely low tides are looming on the near horizon allowing shellfish gatherers a rare chance to get these deep-dwelling ...

Another round of low tides will occur later this month, and will offer shellfish gatherers another chance to dig up one of the largest deep-dwelling shellfish in Puget Sound A geoduck is a highly ...

The geoduck, extraterrestrial clam god of Puget Sound, has survived for thousands of years in local waters, with individual specimens often living 140-160 years or more. The bivalve recently received ...

Geoducks are a source of Pacific Northwest pride, exalted in song ("You can hear the diggers say, as they're headed for the bay, oh I gotta dig a duck, gotta dig a duck a day") and romanticized in ...

The mighty geoduck clam is a local food source, native to my island home. But digging for it demands a license, fortitude, and fast shoveling. Knowing that Bainbridge Island inhabitants once fed ...

The geoduck, extraterrestrial clam god of Puget Sound, has survived for thousands of years in local waters, with individual specimens often living 140-160 years or more. The bivalve recently received ...