For years, Maryland has participated in celebrating National Oyster Day on Aug. 5. Although many gastronomists still encourage oyster consumption in months that end in “R,” this rule has become more ...

Fishermen have taken oysters out of the Long Island Sound off Connecticut for generations. But Todd Koehnke and Tim Macklin have made it their mission to dump millions of old shells back in. Oyster ...

Oyster shells collected from the Chefs Brigade‘s recent greater New Orleans Oyster Night are being repurposed to help rebuild Louisiana’s coast, organizers announced. Nearly five tons of oyster shells ...

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation had volunteers from the Back Country Hunters and Anglers Armed Forces Initiative out to their Shady Side site to clean and load oyster shells into cages to be used to ...

Each year, millions of oyster shells are thrown away after hungry restaurant customers suck down their savory meat. Those shells left on plates for waiters to take away are often discarded and take up ...

We've feasted on them, built economies around them and in some places nearly erased them from our coasts. Today, 85% of the world's oyster reefs are gone. Many fisheries are collapsing, and those in ...

David Schechter is a national environmental correspondent and the host of "On the Dot with David Schechter," a guided journey to explore how we're changing the earth and earth is changing us.