The bivalves have been a staple in American diets dating back to well before Europeans stepped foot on the continent. An oyster-shell mound, known as a midden, left by the Timucua in North Florida ...

For thousands of years, people have collected oysters for their pearls, no matter their color. Have you ever wondered where ...

Inside every oyster shell is a treasure -- and we're not talking about pearls ... just of the species and how old the oyster was at harvest." Indeed, with many different types of oysters out there, ...

The 15 different oysters in this round did not even represent the full arsenal on hand at Sidecar, which routinely stocks 20 types behind an oyster bar that resembles its own seafood market.

Kevin Swain, a biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, displays three types of oyster shells on Wednesday, July 7, 2022 from a pile of shells at Russ Point Landing on Hunting Island.

J. H. Salisbury, State Chemist, New York, has, in the " Plow, Loom and Anvil," presented an analysis of oyster and clam shells, to which the attention of our farmers, near our coasts, should be ...

An AOC oyster can get to that size in under a year.They also shake the cages to break the beak off the shell, which promotes shell growth.“I’m saying anywhere from about 35 to 45% of this is ...

A Gulf Shores High School student counts the number of oysters in a cluster at the Little Lagoon Preservation Society’s oyster gardens in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Feb. 9, 2024. These oysters are ...

Kevin Swain, a biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, displays three types of oyster shells on Wednesday, July 7, 2022 from a pile of shells at Russ Point Landing on Hunting Island.