Butter clams, important to many Alaskans’ diets, are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes sometimes-deadly paralytic shellfish poisoning. Now a new study is providing information that ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Health officials in Washington state say they have confirmed a case of shellfish poisoning in a person who ate butter clams that were recreationally harvested in Island County.

A pristine oyster on the half shell, unadorned, fresh, cold and briny, is a near-perfect thing. A properly shucked littleneck clam, alone, or with a drop or two of lemon and Tabasco, will make you say ...

The Lobster Place in Chelsea Market now carries butter clams, farmed in Maine, at a size just right for pasta alle vongole. By Florence Fabricant See more of our coverage in your search ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A butter clam. (Photo by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) A butter clam. Butter clams are found from the Aleutian ...

Health officials in Washington state say they have confirmed a case of shellfish poisoning in a person who ate butter clams that were recreationally harvested in Island County. The paralytic shellfish ...