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

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

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

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

"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?

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 ...

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.m ...

Virginia Beach Oyster Gardening Seminar II: 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 2 For more information about the foundation or how to foster a baby oyster this summer, click here.

Oyster larva are projected from a telescope to a screen at the Louisiana Sea Grant's Oyster Lab and the Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery in Grand Isle, La., Friday, May 16, 2025.

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 ...