It creates a domino effect. Scientists make stunning discovery about oysters' massive impact: 'The dominant process' first appeared on The Cool Down.

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, ...

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 ...

On a grey stretch of the River Avon in south Devon, Tim Edwards lifts another bag of oysters from the mud. The water is low, ...

Florida's Apalachicola Bay oyster industry collapsed in 2013 due to overharvesting, pollution, and reduced freshwater flow. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are being used to model environmental ...

South Carolina’s coastlines are falling apart, and it’s happening alarmingly fast. But one of the biggest projects in South Carolina Department of Natural Resources history is relying on the humble ...

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 ...