Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For over a century, oysters have been of significant economic and ecological importance in the Chesapeake Bay region, the largest ...

New research from a University of Washington scientist could give oyster farmers in Willapa Bay a fighting chance at battling ...

GRAND ISLE – Not all jewels have the deep green features of emeralds or sparkle of diamonds. Some tumble from algae-coated cages in a rush of rock and shell, briny water splashing alongside them onto ...

For as long as humans have harvested crops and animals, we have battled against ‘pests’. Any animal that destroys crops, food ...

Florida’s oyster population has declined during the past 15 years because of overharvest, hurricanes, changing environmental conditions and more. In particular, Apalachicola Bay has seen a pronounced ...

Many researchers are looking toward aquaculture as a way to reduce carbon, while also producing food. Yet, in some cases, it is unclear whether these methods offer a way to reduce carbon or if they're ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — News 3 has followed along as people in Hampton Roads have worked to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding waterways. This week there's a new emphasis on the cleanup efforts ...

Elizabeth Robinson enters a cool, damp room with fluorescent lights and dozens of large plastic bags holding liquid ranging from pastel yellow to dark rust. It's not the typical image associated with ...

TSOKOMEY, Ghana (AP) — Beatrice Nutekpor weaves through the mangroves in Tsokomey community, just outside of Ghana’s capital of Accra, every day to harvest oysters for sale. It’s a family tradition ...