Closeup of freshly harvested little neck clams - John Piekos/Getty Images Clams are a tasty and nutritious shellfish that can be used in a variety of dishes, from creamy New England clam chowder to ...

Fresh clams are a flavor-packed and nutritious shellfish delight. However, before you tuck into a clamshell-loaded seafood stew or a fragrant plate of steamed clams, you may wonder if you can eat the ...

One of Long Island's largest food eating contests is back after the pandemic cancelled last year's event. Peter's Clam Eating Contest kicks off today in Island Park. Continuing with the tradition, ...

It took 14 minutes for 15 members of Long Island fire departments to eat 915 clams and raise more than $10,000 for a 7-month-old boy with a rare cancer Sunday afternoon in Island Park. Each tackled ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ISLAND PARK, N.Y. (PIX11) — An annual clam ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONG ISLAND — Some of Long Island’s bravest ...

Deep beneath the waves, tiny clams with shells usually about as big as a pea bore into pieces of sunken wood. The wood is food for them, as well as a home. These rare, scattered, sunken pieces of wood ...

I realize that some of you go sea-wild over clam strips, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with these…but I still don’t understand the allure. What am I missing? And…can you guess where I’m ...

Clams are a tasty and nutritious shellfish that can be used in a variety of dishes, from creamy New England clam chowder to seafood linguine. However, if you've ever noticed a clam whose shell didn't ...

Researchers didn't know what to make of sunken pieces of wood that were so thoroughly chewed-up by clams that the wood crumbled in their hands. It turns out, the super-chewer wood-eating clams had a ...