I get this feeling every time I eat an oyster. But this isn’t about oysters: this is about the shells. Their bowl fits into the curve of your palm. The outer shell is rough, ragged, tactile.

Dozens of high school students and other volunteers spent Friday morning stuffing recycled oyster shells into mesh bags — the first step in a plan to create a "living reef" to fight land loss ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In Leeville, 59 tons of oyster shells are being used to combat erosion and help restore the area’s coastline. On Friday morning (Dec. 6), NFL Green leaders gathered in ...

According to research institute Texas Sea Grant, Pearls are formed when an irritant, like a grain of sand, enters the oyster shell. The oyster then coats it with layers of nacre. Since these ...

Oyster shells are bulky and plain, but the treasures they hold go beyond their tasty meat and beautiful pearls. One company in Hong Kong is turning them into materials for constructing buildings.

Two teams from the Rhode Island School of Design win prize money to develop environmentally-friendly design projects.

The Orange County Coastkeeper collected 724 pounds of discarded oyster shells at the DTLA Oyster Festival over the weekend. The two-day festival, which showcases international oyster cuisine ...

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A Navajo woman who has spent 50 years sewing has now been honored with an NEA award for her unique quilts. She is unafraid to ...