Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do you love the quahog like a good Rhode Islander should? Then have we got the week for you. The state's Department of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PROVIDENCE – So you’re new to Rhode Island and you don’t know what a quahog is. Or maybe you’ve been here a while and you’re too ...

There’s nothing more Rhode Island than a quahog. At least, that’s what the Coventry Junior High Shell Club argued in 1987, when they lobbied (successfully) for it to be named the state shell. Its ...

Scientists, lawmakers, and those who make their living from Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay are teaming up to hunt for the reason why quahogs appear to be on the decline. Quahogs have a long history ...

"The indigenous tribes of Rhode Island gathered quahogs to eat, long before the colonists arrived, and used them to make chowder." There’s a pretty good reason that Native Americans didn’t make creamy ...

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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, ...

PROVIDENCE – So you’re new to Rhode Island and you don’t know what a quahog is. Or maybe you’ve been here a while and you’re too embarrassed to ask. Here's everything you need to quickly get up to ...

Do you love the quahog like a good Rhode Islander should? Then have we got the week for you. The state's Department of Environmental Management has declared May 11-18 as Quahog Week in Rhode Island.