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 ...

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 ...

The Oyster House collects the empty shells to put back in the bay. Since 2016, they have recycled over 23 million oyster shells. “Oyster shells are valuable,” Director of Oyster House Marketing ...

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 ...

A new oyster shell recycling program in Georgetown County aims to rehabilitate oyster populations, improve water quality and ...

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, ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A new local effort is turning restaurant leftovers into a powerful tool for cleaner water. Oyster shells from The Breakersand Cod & Capers Seafood are getting a second life — ...

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 ...

Port Everglades gathered community volunteers to help improve the quality of South Florida’s waterways with the help of oyster shells. The oyster shells were previously shucked and used, donated from ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — At The Tides restaurant in Safety Harbor, customers often open wide for oysters: “Yeah, they’re just tasty!” said Luceli Castanon, sitting at a corner table with two friends.

Fishermen have taken oysters out of the Long Island Sound off Connecticut for generations. But Todd Koehnke and Tim Macklin have made it their mission to dump millions of old shells back in. Oyster ...