P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer By Joy Crist, Island Free Press In a sweeping three-year study mandated by the North Carolina General Assembly, the North Carolina ...

Savoring all things fresh and briny while on a mission to visit all four of Maine’s oyster regions in just one long weekend.

The volunteers met at the Jackson Estuarine Lab in Durham as part of a project that supports oyster farms and restoration ...

Tucked away in what locals affectionately call Florida’s Forgotten Coast, Apalachicola presents an alternative narrative to the state’s typical tourism story – one where authenticity trumps attraction ...

Shellfish beds or reefs, formed by mussels and oysters, have declined worldwide. Sterre Witte, who conducted her Ph.D.

Invasive species cost the North American economy $26 billion a year. By outcompeting local plants or animals, invaders reduce ...

In a state where theme parks and mega-resorts often steal the spotlight, Apalachicola stands as a delicious counterpoint – a working fishing village with Victorian-era architecture, salty characters, ...

As wild oyster stocks dwindled, large oyster farms developed in cities like New York in the 19th century. Initially successful, they were polluted, and infected by typhoid from sewage. An outbreak in ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a new way of analyzing fossils, allowing them to see how creatures ...

Bushel after bushel of oysters — nearly 25,500 in all — were planted in a reef in an oyster sanctuary in the St. Mary’s River ...

A conservation team unloads biodegradable wave breaks from a boat on May 27, 2025. The cement jute wave breaks designed for ...

"We still have a ways to go." Volunteers work with oysters on critical project that could profoundly change ocean waters: ...