Decades of coastal erosion and land loss have dramatically altered the landscape around Grand Bayou Louisiana.

Oyster shells are bulky and plain, but the treasures they hold go beyond their tasty meat and beautiful pearls. One company in Hong Kong is turning them into materials for constructing buildings.

Volunteers from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana deployed 30-pound bags of recycled oysters collected from area ...

An oyster-shell mound, known as a midden, left by the Timucua in North Florida has shells dating from 600 to 2,500 years ago. Another midden, on the upper Damariscotta River in Maine, contains ...

'Oyster Land' follows farmers on Mersea Island and explores the ancient oyster history of Colchester in Essex. Matthew James Harrison spent two and a half years on the project and says "there was such ...

Every year Ben Pape, 69, of East Islip, makes a point to get his fill of fish at the Oyster Fest and he enjoyed a plate of oysters on the half shell as well as some seared scallops. “This is a ...

One, is to collect oyster shells and put them out on the tidal flat and hope it will attract wild oysters to form a reef there. The other way is to first grow baby oysters in a hatchery ...

Mississippi Power and Beau Rivage volunteers teamed up with the Nature Conservancy of Mississippi and Land Trust for the Save our Shells initiative. In 2022, 44,000 pounds of recycled oyster ...

(Thomas Walker/Freelance) Oyster shells in a basket await recycling during the Oyster Stroll in downtown Westminster.(Thomas Walker/Freelance) People pack the front lawn of the library to listen ...

At restaurants all over Nassau and Suffolk, oyster specials and beverage pairings will abound. In addition, most eateries will be offering deals on oysters on the half shell: You’ll find $1 ...