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 ...

Fabulous tales of fortunes in 1924, freshwater pearls taken from Mississippi River mussels are still told along the shores of Lake Pepin and in the declining pearl button cities like Muscatine, Iowa.

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) ...

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 ...

A Pennsylvania man made quite the discovery inside a clam served to him at a Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, restaurant: a purple pearl. Scott Overland of Phoenixville said he was dining with his wife and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scott Overland says he thought "a bead or piece of candy" was inside one of the clams he was served at a Delaware restaurant.

WESTERLY, R.I. (WJAR) - A Rhode Island woman feels like the luckiest girl in the world for two reasons: her recent engagement and her one-in-a-million ring, made from a pearl she and her fiancé found ...

PHOENIXVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A Phoenixville, Pennsylvania man said he almost clammed up and sent back the clam appetizer because the restaurant forget to remove the bell pepper garnish. Good ...

A Pennsylvania man was left as happy as a clam after finding a purple pearl inside a shellfish while dining in Delaware. Scott Overland, of Phoenixville, told NBC10 Philadelphia he was eating with his ...