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.

"A big goal of the exhibit was the (Pequots) wanted to share the history of their people, but also reinforce the idea that Pequots are ... still here, despite everything that has happened to them." ...

Researchers from the University of Maine and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences have demonstrated a new approach to understanding the diet of newly hatched American lobsters, opening doors for ...

Almost fifty years ago, when Haraldur Sigurdsson first came to the University of Rhode Island from Iceland, he got interested in what makes some clam shells more purple than others.

9th Annual Quahog Week is set for May 11 – 17, 2025 (via RIDEM) “Quahog Week is a celebration of Rhode Island’s shellfish industry and the bounty of Narragansett Bay,” said Governor Dan McKee.

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

Situated in the middle and south of the horseshoe-shaped Sebascodegan Great Island, Quahog Bay offers paddlers opportunities to explore a multitude of islands and inlets.

Attorney General Peter Neronha went to court Wednesday seeking to have RI Recycled Metals shut down after the second fire there in three months.

PROVIDENCE − The final report from a legislative commission studying the decline of quahog harvests in Narragansett Bay recommends transplanting more of the hard-shelled clams from tainted areas ...

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 ...

Quahog transplants could help So if attempting to change nutrient levels is off the table, what else can be done to help quahogs in the Bay?

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 ...