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

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 ...

The same level of protection could be accomplished with rocks, but the recycled shells provide another benefit. Within months, staffers say, nature takes its course and oyster growth attaches to the ...

As oysters eat, water pumps through their body, filtering out algae and nutrients—a process that improves water quality and ...

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.

Oysters are a staple food here on the Mississippi Coast, but the next time you enjoy some you may want to hang onto those ...

Some entrepreneurs are betting on southern Florida becoming an oyster hot spot. Now, they just need to convince Mother Nature, and oyster lovers, to cooperate. There hadn’t been oyster ...

A record-breaking crowd of 150,000 gathered in Oyster Bay this weekend for the town’s annual Oyster Festival, the largest seafood festival in the North East, town officials said. “It’s ...

The four-year pilot project began this year with nine farmers fostering baby oysters, known as spat, from June through November. The spat are growing on shells in floating mesh bags or bottom ...

Oyster Fest weekend has become a local holiday on the North Shore of Long Island. Annually, more than 150,000 people pack Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park and Audrey Avenue in the historic hamlet ...

(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 ...