Here are some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of March 10, supported by your subscriptions. Here are the week's top reads on providencejournal.com: The hard-shell clam ...

From their remarkable lifespan to their unique shells, ocean quahogs provide an incredible window into marine climate history. The ocean quahog is a bivalve mollusk, meaning it has two hard shells ...

We're back to wampum! Narrator: Before a shell is broken for wampum, quahogs, or hard-shell clams, are acquired from ocean waters. The art of making wampum beads comes from Native Americans along ...