Nantucket trusts a clam to predict how much longer winter will be around. Quentin the Quahog disagrees with the groundhogs.

Once it progresses through its sexual maturity stages, the quahog becomes sedentary, spending the rest of its life in a single location. Ocean quahogs grow very slowly, adding thin layers to their ...

THE QUAHOG IS A BIVALVE. IT’S A MARINE CLAM. IT’S SLOW GROWING. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BACK OF THESE SHELLS, YOU CAN COUNT SOME OF THE MAJOR GROWTH RINGS. SO I MIGHT BE CUTTING INTO SHELLS THAT ...