Scientists warn that along the West Coast, legions of soft-shell clams are contracting a deadly, highly contagious cancer.

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Justin and Danielle Walker, owners and operators of Walkers Maine, a seafood restaurant in Cape Neddick, Maine, know clams. Several months ago, as part of the Ogunquit Soft Shell Clam Commission’s ...

Researchers from Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Columbia University have tackled and found the long-sought answer to the question of what has been causing the widespread loss of soft-shell clam ...

West Coast clams are coming down with cancer - Pollution and climate change-driven heat are worsening the outbreak ...

Researchers at Morgan State University’s Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL) were awarded more than $600,000 in funding through two grants from the Maryland Sea Grant (MDSG) ...

An attendee at Kennebec Estuary Land Trust's learn how to clam event digs in the sand at Reid State Park for a clam on Aug. 12, 2024. Credit: Jules Walkup / BDN Before I dug my hands into the wet sand ...

Genetic analysis showed that the Puget Sound cancer belongs to the same lineage previously found in Atlantic Coast soft-shell clams.

Research documented how tidal river ecosystems have changed over time and how local shellfish harvesters and other estuary users have adapted. This was the first time the knowledge of harvesters and ...