So, they are a very important species to have in our estuaries.” Every year, thousands of oyster shells are loaded onto a boat, hauled back off to the ocean, and replanted in creeks along the ...

Oyster shells are 91 per cent limestone, which is used in cement and fertiliser. Limestone fuelled construction and agriculture during the 19th and 20th centuries.

New research shows they’re still protecting the land. Dense piles of oyster shells litter the barrier islands just off the coast of Georgia. A recent study showed that these coastlines were ...

Around 30 tonnes of waste plastic from oyster farms has been shredded down to be more easily transported to recycling facilities. The NSW government has funded a three-week project visiting ...

The manuscript by de La Forest Divonne et al. offers an important and detailed exploration of the immune cells in the oyster Crassostrea gigas, by correlating distinct hemocyte morphotypes with ...

Of course, Oyster Bar fans can still expect returning favorites like buffalo shrimp and oysters on the half-shell. And while the food is front and center, the Grand Central District itself is a ...

Students volunteered to help rebuild oyster reefs in St. Charles Bay by bagging and placing oyster shells in the water. The Sink Your Shucks program, run by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's ...

In collaboration with institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom and Madagascar, Ding's team analyzed fossilized oyster shells from the Early Cretaceous period and found that the Earth exhibited ...