In the summer of 2014, researchers wading through the shallows of North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound pulled measurements from experimental oyster reefs that told a stark story. Reefs placed in sheltered, ...

Oyster River Ecology has secured over $750,000 in the past year to expand oyster reef restoration efforts in Sarasota-Manatee ...

Florida dumped 500,000 tons of oyster shells into the Gulf of Mexico, which helped rebuild damaged reefs and restore marine ...

Between nutrient pollution, climate-fueled severe storms, and warming ocean waters, our estuaries are at risk. But restoring wild oyster habitat could help.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Planning is underway to select locations for up to six restored oyster reefs in bays of the Mission-Aransas Estuary. Project ...

For more than a century, New York Harbor lost the species that once defined it. Pollution, dredging, shoreline development ...

After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide coastline. Research by University of Adelaide ...

Six generations ago, Europe's seas possessed vast oyster reefs. Oysters were found in their millions, clustered together in reef systems that spanned hundreds of square kilometers. Now the reefs are ...

Oysters are important for coastal ecosystems. Researchers are creating oyster reefs in Georgia to help marshes expand and fight climate change by sequestering carbon. Emily Jones of WABE reports.

More than 4,000 tons of limestone are currently on a barge, heading to Alabama’s Gulf Coast to help replenish oyster beds around Cedar Point. “Oysters have been a part of Alabama’s culture for over a ...

After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide coastline. After a century of functional extinction ...