Manila clams, an invasive species prized as a culinary delicacy across the world, have been found along the northwest Atlantic coastline of the U.S. for the first time, according to scientists.
“Given that Manila clams are everywhere else in the northern hemisphere, it was only a matter of time before they showed up here, and we’ve been keeping an eye out for them,” University of Massachusetts researcher Aly Putnam, who helped discover the new U.S. population, told MassLive.
