Oyster reefs create vibrant marine habitats, filter water, and protect shorelines while supporting countless ocean species.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we celebrate 150 years of the St. Roch Market and learn about the important role the food hall ...

New research from China suggests that oysters can be good at removing carbon dioxide from oceans, making the bivalves both an important food source and a potential tool in the fight against climate ...

THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH IS CLEANING UP ITS WATERWAYS AND LEADING THE WAY. ARE THESE VOLUNTEERS. THE VILLAGE’S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE HAS SPEARHEADED A UNIQUE INITIATIVE, AND IT INVOLVES ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A local restaurant just partnered up with the Harte Research Institute's "Sink Your Shucks" program. It's an oyster recycling initiative that brings different groups in the ...

Oyster shells from local restaurants in the Town of North Hempstead will soon help fuel a growing marine restoration movement on Long Island as officials expand oyster gardening and shell recycling ...

After five years of running the Tiki Room, Martin Armendariz Jr. and his wife, Noelle Coley, are adding to their business acumen with a new restaurant, Pearl Divers Oyster Bar. The oyster bar, located ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - It’s almost been a year since the Nature Conservancy started the Save Our Shells Oyster Recycling Program. It is part of a mission to recycle oyster shells from restaurants ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! In 1776, Philadelphia’s population of about 35,000 consumed millions of oysters a ...

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 ...

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J.–Every year, hungry restaurant patrons slurp down fat, juicy oysters, their greyish-white shells cast aside with little thought. But here on this picturesque barrier island, ...

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 ...