ROCKPORT — Forming a firefighting-style human chain, young volunteers passed more than 370 bags of oyster shells from the shore into the shallow water of St. Charles Bay on May 7. The youngest ...

Oyster reefs in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon are beginning to recover after decades of decline, researchers say. Man-made oyster rings are helping new oysters grow, improving water quality and ...

Apalachicola Bay opened Jan. 1 for a brief season lasting through the end of February. It’s the first time the bay has opened ...

They also had the help of ThunderBug, the do-everything, be-everywhere mascot of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who put his back ...

Oyster reefs provide essential coastal ecosystem services, acting as natural breakwaters, enhancing water quality via filtration and supporting biodiversity through complex habitat structures. Over ...

Tampa Bay’s connection to oysters stretches back thousands of years. Archaeological evidence in the form of shell mounds, or “middens,” shows indigenous people harvested oysters to eat and may have ...

The collapse of the Francis Scott Bridge in 2024 impacted wildlife in the Patapsco River and the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has a public Baltimore oyster growing program, which ...

As oyster roast season comes to a close, a local partnership is making sure nothing goes to waste ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - With Charleston’s rapid development putting an increasing strain on area waterways, environmental groups are turning to oyster reefs as a natural solution to protect and ...

Pioneering scheme hopes species that thrived for thousands of years in Irish waters can do so again ...