Some critters have more star power than others. It helps to be cute like sea otters or monarch butterflies. Or gracefully dangerous like great white sharks and mountain lions. Or edible like abalone ...

Mrs. Dora J. Ryan of Santa Maria, enjoys the comforts of home as friends clam at Pismo Beach in January 1965. “Some 30 years ago I used to come here with my boys, but we didn’t have to go out far for ...

THE MONTH OF May has provided a great introduction to the North Olympic Peninsula for a new outdoors columnist. But the many openings cause some to get overlooked. For example, the clams and oyster ...

PISMO BEACH — Once a cherished central California fishery, Pismo clams went missing from their namesake beach for decades. The treasured shellfish, however, are now making a steady, triumphant return.

Neanderthals were more resourceful and adventurous than they're often credited with, according to a new study. An analysis of clam shells and volcanic rocks from an Italian cave shows that ...