New study suggests that oyster farming might be doing more than just providing food. It could also help reduce carbon in the ocean and fight climate change. Scientists are looking into aquaculture, ...

For an oyster, creating an internal environment for calcification that forms its distinctive hard shell is essential. But new Harvard research has found that these bivalves may outsource the work, ...

Oysters may not sound like a major solution to environmental problems, but they’re playing a big role in cleaning up the Manatee River. A restoration project in Palmetto is ...

Researchers at UNC Wilmington are working to support North Carolina's growing shellfish industry. Oyster populations have declined due to unsustainable harvesting, development, and disease. Scientists ...

South Australians are suddenly hearing a lot about oyster reefs — from government, on the news and in conversations, both online and in person. It’s not accidental. Their state is grappling with an ...

Unzueta Martina devised a kind of catheter, installing a watertight port to allow one-way access through which she could sample the microbe-filled fluid in the oyster. Research from Harvard’s ...