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, ...

MYRTLE GROVE | Like a bingo ball tumbler, the metal, barrel-shaped sorter spun around, shaking up the oysters until they fell through the appropriate holes that fit their age size. The mollusks would ...

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 ...

What started as piles of discarded oyster shells is now becoming a critical line of defense along the Lowcountry coast. Along Oldtown Creek, volunteers and environmental groups deployed 550 oyster ...

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 ...

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 ...