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 ...

Port Everglades gathered community volunteers to help improve the quality of South Florida’s waterways with the help of oyster shells. The oyster shells were previously shucked and used, donated from ...

Recycling oyster shells from restaurants not only provides reef habitat for new oysters and other fish, but it also benefits the marine economy and enables the mollusks to improve the environment by ...

Nine million baby oysters were funneled off a boat with a splash into the Severn River recently, populating an oyster reef in an effort to help the Chesapeake Bay’s ecosystem. The Severn River ...

Crushed oyster shells and curved roofing tiles are being spread this week to protect the nests of California least terns, a rare migratory bird that breeds in the sand near a railroad bridge under ...

Without adequate supplies of shells, oyster populations could suffer, curtailing the commercial harvest and driving up the price of shellfish in restaurants. Fewer oyster reefs and lower populations ...

Summertime is seafood time, and oysters shout yum to so many people. Everyone is looking for “buck a shuck” and enjoying oysters on the half shell. So, what is an oyster? Around here, the American ...