New research from a team at Trinity College Dublin has unearthed a cheap and environmentally friendly new option for removing pollutants from our water. The key? Oyster shells that would ordinarily ...

Biodiesel is a renewable fuel and offers a sustainable and potentially carbon-neutral alternative to petroleum products. Yet production costs remain a hurdle to its widespread use. Now, researchers ...

Samia Elashry scoops algae from a ditch in Louisiana for the first ingredient in the team’s algae-oyster biodiesel. ATLANTA, March 25, 2026 — Biodiesel is a renewable fuel and offers a sustainable and ...

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - A local oyster roast fundraiser was held to spread awareness, benefit the community, and the environment. For the second year, the Oyster Roast for the Coast was held, ...

GEORGETOWN — Mason Eslinger, a second-year student at Horry Georgetown Technical College, relishes being outdoors. Four years ago, he started volunteering with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources ...

I am currently reading The Big Oyster: History on the half shell, a chronicle of New York City told through its renowned oyster beds. Even though I am a local, I was only vaguely aware of the city’s ...

Cal State Fullerton professor and marine ecologist Danielle Zacherl is eager to point out that collaborations with former and current students, as well as the nonprofit Orange County Coastkeeper, have ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - New RESTORE Act funding is expanding oyster shell recycling efforts along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, turning discarded shells from local restaurants into tools for ...

The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority is a participant in the Virginia Oyster Shell Recycling and Restoration Program, which takes shells destined for the trash and returns them to restoration areas in ...

A partnership is using Vertical Oyster Gardens (VOGs) to increase the oyster population in the St. Johns River. These oysters help improve water quality by filtering up to 50 gallons of water per day.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – In Brevard County, a unique conservation effort is underway to restore the Indian River Lagoon by recycling oyster shells from local restaurants. The Shuck and Share program, ...

As global oyster populations decline and fisheries collapse, archaeologists may be able to inform effective management with perspectives of human-oyster connections stretching back millennia. As ...