When Hurricane Ike slammed Galveston in 2008, among the structures that were damaged were some you can't see: underwater oyster reefs. While there have been efforts to restore oyster reefs along the ...

WELLFLEET — Two 5-foot-tall piles of spent oyster shells sit in a corner of Wellfleet’s garbage and recycling center, baking in the hot summer sun. The approximately 25,000 pounds of bivalves have ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X SCDNR’s SCORE program relies on natural resources, technicians like Bryan Luce and a host of ...

Oysters are a delicacy that many New Englanders savor, but removing their shells from the ocean floor actually harms the environment. Now a first-of-its kind program in Connecticut aims to put tens of ...

February in the Lowcountry means slurping down oysters. In Mount Pleasant, some 8,000 people will flock to Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens to consume about 50,000 pounds of the filter-feeding ...

TOKYO >> Hills of white scallop shells were piling up in Yubetsu, a town facing the Sea of Okhotsk in Hokkaido. They looked ...

Q: I was cleaning out my shed and found a big pile of empty snail shells in the corner. No snails or shells anywhere else — just in that corner. What gives? A: Probably rats. They like to eat snails ...

Q. I was cleaning out my shed and found a big pile of empty snail shells in the corner. No snails or shells anywhere else — just in that corner. What gives? Probably rats. They like to eat snails and ...