This year 80 people put on their waders, grabbed buckets and quadrats (square metal frames), and splashed through the clear ...

When oyster shells are harvested, it interrupts this natural cycle by removing shells from the system. By recycling and ...

An international research team studying fossilized oyster shells has revealed substantial annual temperature variation in sea ...

New research shows they’re still protecting the land. Dense piles of oyster shells litter the barrier islands just off the coast of Georgia. A recent study showed that these coastlines were ...

Bryan Luce's truck rumbled down the quiet streets of Charleston with a trailer of oyster shells rattling in tow. It was an early morning in June. As restaurant crews prepped for the day's service ...

Aw shucks, you just had a wonderful meal, tipping your head back to usher a soft and succulent oyster down your throat—and now you’re left with a plate full of shells. What can be done with them?

This is what we immediately wondered with Socio’s Oyster Shell, which reuses about 4.4kg of oyster shells monthly from Caine Road fish eatery and market Hooked. “The shells don’t have a lot ...

During this time, the oysters hibernate, gathered together in mesh bags, snapping their shells shut for winter, much like the island itself. (While P.E.I. welcomes visitors year-round, some ...

The entirety of the pavilion is clad in a pioneering “oyster terrazzo,” combining whole Sydney rock oyster shells sourced from Sydney’s coastline with a variety of recycled aggregates. The material ...

made by mixing whole Sydney Rock Oyster shells with recycled aggregates. After over a year of experimentation, more than half a million oyster shells once destined for landfill now shimmer across the ...

“They reached out to us. They wanted some involvement from the oyster farms to collect the dead oyster shells rather than take them to the tip,” he said. They set up a group to collect the shells.

At the historic port of Socoa on France’s Atlantic coast, they’re experimenting with low-carbon mortar containing processed oyster shells to reinforce centuries-old stone harbour walls.