Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways to protect shellfish in the Pacific Northwest, although Trump budget cuts ...

Oyster beds are critical to a healthy ocean, because they filter water, prevent erosion and provide a home for an estimated ...

This episode kicks off at the very bottom of Te Wai Pounamu, the South Island in a town called Bluff. Bluff is home to the ...

New clues from ancient seas are reshaping what we know about mass extinction and the future of our oceans. In a recent ...

Dennis Peterson worries about what that means for his oysters. When it comes to climate change, he says the oyster in the ocean is like a canary in a coal mine.

In the first and only reconstruction of ocean pH ever carried out, new research from the University of St Andrews and the ...

Oysters act like the ocean's kidneys, filtering out pollutants and leaving behind clean water. They remove chemicals like nitrogen and phosphorus, which get into the ocean from industrial activity.

Oyster larvae have been dying by the billions. Scientists suspect it's a sign that carbon dioxide is dramatically affecting the ocean — and if they're right, it could push Washington into ...

But for Northwest oyster growers, ocean acidification is no distant threat. The Whiskey Creek die-offs, which continued in 2008, dealt the industry a serious blow, since the hatchery supplies the ...

It’s been eight years since baby oysters started dying by the billions at an Oregon hatchery and in Washington’s Willapa Bay. In 2009, top scientists drew global attention when they said ...

A project to raise oysters at the Bayside Center in Ocean City continues, with 50,000 young oysters released into the bay on Friday. The exact location was not disclosed.