For many just a tasty delicacy, the oyster may actually be the hero the world needs to fight environmental degradation -- and ...

Their journey from the Grand Isle lab to a New Orleans restaurant is typical for farmed Louisiana oysters. Unlike traditional ...

Oyster reefs need to be rebuilt; they are currently at a shocking 1 percent of historic levels. In the San Francisco Bay Area, baby oysters free swim in the bay but require oyster shells to settle ...

Virginia oyster restoration manager Jackie Shannon said the castles, which interlock together like Legos, will serve as a habitat for baby oysters and protection from shoreline waves. Additional ...

When oyster shells are harvested, it interrupts this natural cycle by removing shells from the system. By recycling and replanting the shells, oysters can use them to build new reefs where baby ...