PROVIDENCE – The members of a special legislative commission studying the decline of quahog harvests in Narragansett Bay agree on a few things. That a steady supply of nutrients in the water is ...

Editor's note: This is the first story in a three-part series on the quahog's decline in Rhode Island.. WARWICK – David Ghigliotty works his bullrake into the bottom of Narragansett Bay, using ...

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. On Tuesday, a special ...

With a rake in one hand and a cooler bag in the other, I climbed out of a kayak ready to go clamming for the first time.

The Quahog Bay Conservancy plans to transform the former Quahog Bay Inn into a “hub of marine research excellence” and revitalize the property’s working waterfront. Patrick Scanlan, founder ...

Did a massive cleanup effort to remove nitrogen from Narragansett Bay inadvertently made it too clean for quahogs? Or is climate change to blame? Human intervention changed life in Narragansett Bay.

The quahog transplant doesn’t come without an incentive. The Narragansett Bay Commission gives the quahoggers $15 for each 50-pound bag of clams.

A blue heron hangs out with eiders in Quahog Bay. Photo by Christine Wolfe It is a half-mile crossing from the Bethel Point Road boat launch in Harpswell to Yarmouth Island.

Environment In Rhode Island, a hunt is on for the reason for dropping numbers of the signature quahog clam The clam itself is a staple of clam chowders and in 1987, the Rhode Island Legislature ...

A light quahog haul in December on Narragansett Bay. Fish kill triggers change. Shellfishermen can narrow down to the day when they believe the tides turned for the worse for them.