But since 1994, something has been killing off the akoyas of Ago Bay, the heart of Japan's cultured-pearl business, and elsewhere in the country. Experts attribute the initial oyster deaths in ...

Only oysters of the Ostreidae family can make pearls ... meld together like brick and mortar to create nacre or mother-of-pearl, creating a strong protective coating that looks iridescent and ...

The oyster or mussel slowly secretes layers of aragonite and conchiolin, materials that also make up its shell. This creates a material called nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, which encases the ...

Among the millions of bivalve molluscs in the Museum's collections, one specimen stands out: a large oyster shell, donated to the Museum in 1886 and containing a peculiar pearl. Rather than a ...

LA-via-Paris band Pearl & The Oysters have just touched down to invite you into their impeccably designed sonic world. Gentle bossa nova rhythms, jazzy chords, synths, and flute solos galore — ...

Pearl now has a large family – stretching for generations. “Your story needs to be told to everyone,” Town of Oyster Bay Receiver of Taxes Jeff Pravato said. “They should make a movie ...

HAIKOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- In waters of a southern Chinese island, scores of palm-sized pearl oysters hang tidily on the breeding cages. These oysters, scientifically known as Pinctada maxima ...