For years, Maryland has participated in celebrating National Oyster Day on Aug. 5. Although many gastronomists still encourage oyster consumption in months that end in “R,” this rule has become more ...

Oysters are more than a classic on menus in the D.C. area. They play a key role in filtering the Chesapeake Bay. Volunteers known as oyster gardeners help raise oysters for this purpose. News4 got an ...

For an oyster, creating an internal environment for calcification that forms its distinctive hard shell is essential. But new Harvard research has found that these bivalves may outsource the work, ...

A Gulf Shores High School student counts the number of oysters in a cluster at the Little Lagoon Preservation Society’s oyster gardens in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Feb. 9, 2024. These oysters are part ...

Editor's note: Oysters are becoming a critical component of South Carolina's defense against climate change. This is the third part of an occasional series from The Post and Courier that will track ...

OYSTER OPENING, BUT HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM CLOSING ALL THESE BITS OF INFORMATION ARE REALLY HELPFUL. EASTON WHITE IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Coastal Foundation celebrated seven years of its oyster shell recycling program Thursday and they did it with a multi-million-dollar grant. “I’m glad to announce ...

Oyster shells are not garbage. That is the message from conservation groups, which say people have been recycling shells along U.S. coastlines for generations. Today's recycling efforts are highly ...

A Palmetto project is restoring oyster reefs to improve water quality and rebuild habitat in the Manatee River.