The “coastal ecosystem engineers” are thriving in man-made reefs of concrete and recycled shells that protect coastlines here ...

Nine million baby oysters were funneled off a boat with a splash into the Severn River recently, populating an oyster reef in ...

Oyster beds are critical to a healthy ocean, because they filter water, prevent erosion and provide a home for an estimated ...

Olympia oysters, whose native range runs from Baja California to southern Alaska, are being enlisted as ecological engineers ...

Hampton Oyster Gardening Seminar: 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 26 Irvington Oyster Gardening Seminar : 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 19 Newport News Oyster Gardening Seminar : 6 to 8 p.m. on ...

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, Council Member Lou Imbroto, Clerk Richard LaMarca, and Receiver of Taxes Jeff Pravato took to the Sound on Tuesday, Sept. 24, to deposit the remaining ...

At Parrish Creek Landing in Shady Side on Tuesday, veterans and active-duty service members spent the day helping the ...

"The baby oysters are the spat set on the shell. Then we sail away to Fort Carroll, where we are building the oyster sanctuary and have been since 1997." So what is the success rate of that?

LEWES, Del. — After more than two years of development, the University of Delaware has begun distributing baby oysters from its new hatchery in Lewes. This state-of-the-art program is set ...

Virginia Beach Oyster Gardening Seminar I: 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 14,; Tappahannock Oyster Gardening Seminar: 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17; VA Eastern Shore Gardening Seminar: 9 to 11 a ...