Gardeners are always on the lookout for natural and sustainable ways to enrich their garden soil and promote plant health. One lesser-known gardening secret is using ground oyster shells to improve ...

Decades of coastal erosion and land loss have dramatically altered the landscape around Grand Bayou Louisiana.

Oyster shells are bulky and plain, but the treasures they hold go beyond their tasty meat and beautiful pearls. One company in Hong Kong is turning them into materials for constructing buildings.

Mississippi Power and Beau Rivage volunteers teamed up with the Nature Conservancy of Mississippi and Land Trust for the Save our Shells initiative. In 2022, 44,000 pounds of recycled oyster ...

Decades of coastal erosion and land loss have dramatically altered the landscape around Grand ... but the recycled shells provide another benefit. Within months, staffers say, nature takes its course ...

Stonemasons working on the restoration of a famous stately home have found oyster shells in the masonry ... threatening the structure. The bulk of the £330,000 needed is coming from the Culture ...

Oyster shells are often discarded, but they're full of potential. For example, they can be used to descale toilets and household appliances, or used as fertiliser in the garden. Their calcium ...

The illness first makes itself known when the abductor muscle, which holds the two parts of the oyster shell together, turns a reddish-brown. Ultimately, eight out of ten affected oysters die from ...

Every year Ben Pape, 69, of East Islip, makes a point to get his fill of fish at the Oyster Fest and he enjoyed a plate of oysters on the half shell as ... is the Sands Beer Garden containing ...

Pearls are made by marine oysters and freshwater mussels as a natural defence against an irritant such as a parasite entering their shell or damage to their fragile body. The oyster or mussel slowly ...

(Thomas Walker/Freelance) Oyster shells in a basket await recycling during the Oyster Stroll in downtown Westminster.(Thomas Walker/Freelance) People pack the front lawn of the library to listen ...

At restaurants all over Nassau and Suffolk, oyster specials and beverage pairings will abound. In addition, most eateries will be offering deals on oysters on the half shell: You’ll find $1 ...