Inside a small shellfish hatchery overlooking Oyster Bay Harbor, a team of workers is readying for millions of shellfish seeds. Their goal in the coming months is ambitious — to disperse those tiny ...

As oyster lovers slurp their way through October, honoring their favorite bivalve during N.C. Oyster Month, the health of the state's mollusk fishery appears to be on an upward trajectory. After two ...

Those mussels, oysters and scallops on your plate may come with a secret ingredient: microplastics. Researchers at Hull York Medical School and the University of Hull in Britain reviewed more than 50 ...

The Great Marsh Shellfish Company is an oyster farm on the North Shore. Owner, Brenden Doyle, says it was a murky process at times, but he successfully harvested his first oysters last season. He ...

North Carolina wildlife officials are warning against an invasive shellfish from the Ukraine that might have been purchased in aquarium moss balls. The state Wildlife Resources Commission said on ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of chiton, an ancient marine mollusk that has remained virtually unchanged for the last 300 million years. Chitons have an elongated oval shape with a shell ...

Specifically, the team replaced traditional mortar and concrete aggregates with a shell-based material made from Acanthocardia tuberculata, an edible saltwater clam commonly canned and sold ...