The Chester County couple who found a purple pearl in their clam appetizer over the summer have received an appraisal of $4,071 for the rare specimen they encountered while vacationing in Rehoboth ...

Researchers at Morgan State University’s Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL) were awarded more than $600,000 in funding through two grants from the Maryland Sea Grant (MDSG) ...

They say to “clam up” is to become silent, but for one lucky man, a clam caused him to shout in celebration. Scott Overland, a husband and father-of-two who works in corporate communications in the ...

“This is a Hallmark story if there ever was one,” Ken Steinkamp, 75, told 'USA Today.' Getty A couple who found a pearl inside a clam while on a date years ago has turned the gemstone into a precious ...

Scott Overland was enjoying a bowl of clams when his teeth made contact with a rare discovery that nearly sent him to the dentist. “As I was eating the clams, I bit down on something hard and thought ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever seen someone get a pearl out of a clam? I knew that pearls came from clams, but I guess I've never actually seen the ...

The purplish shells of quahogs, treasured in the past by Native Americans, now appear alongside gold, mother-of-pearl and onyx. By Jill Newman For centuries Native Americans treasured quahog shells, ...