There are actually more than 200 species of oysters spread throughout the world; however, just five are commercially harvested, grown, and sold in the United States.

Volunteers led by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation are spending their downtime oyster gardening to boost the species' numbers, ...

What stands out most about the book I'm carrying under my arm, as I meander through the exhibits at the National Maritime ...

The nonprofit group is working to restore one billion oysters around New York’s waters, and has already installed thriving oyster reefs elsewhere around the city water, including New York Harbor.

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

The diversity of oyster species and the complexities of their phylogenetic relationships have long intrigued researchers due to the challenges imposed by extensive morphological plasticity and ...

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 ...

Oyster species that vanished from Maine waters seems to be returning. Posted: June 4, 2025 | Last updated: June 4, 2025. Fishermen are partnering to help researchers who are studying how climate ...

YAMADA, Iwate Prefecture—A European oyster species that “disappeared” from waters around the Tohoku region after the 2011 tsunami was, in fact, just laying low.

[3] Identification of Main Oyster Species and Comparison of Their Genetic Diversity in Zhejiang Coast, South of Yangtze River Estuary. Frontiers in Marine Science (2021). Back to "Animal ...