Over the past decade, we have applied conservation paleobiology to Florida’s Nature Coast, home to an extensive and intricate ...

Typically, restaurants send all the shells from shucked oysters to a landfill along with the rest of the restaurant's trash. However, when shucked shells are returned to the water, they create a ...

In Brevard County, a unique conservation effort is underway to restore the Indian River Lagoon by recycling oyster shells ...

Ocean Beach restaurant owners say they’ve collected thousands of oyster shells this summer for a program that will use them to rebuild local marine habitats and the Long Island oyster population. Six ...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia, Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --The seemingly harmless practice of collecting seashells as souvenirs is triggering an alarming environmental crisis. Research from the University of ...

In a significant boost for coastal conservation, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Coastal Resources Division ...

2021 was a banner year for Galveston Bay Foundation's oyster shell recycling program. The conservation nonprofit announced Thursday that its program set a new all-time record, with 181 tons of oyster ...

Every year around seven million tons of seashells are tossed out from aquaculture and fishing industries. Although shells are a natural material, when they are stacked in discard piles, they emit ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - One program helping to protect Louisiana’s coastlines by returning oyster shells to their original home is expanding to Baton Rouge restaurants. The Coalition to Restore ...

SAN DIEGO – It’s time to shell-ebrate as SeaWorld San Diego on Tuesday announced the reopening of its newly upgraded turtle habitat! The Turtle Reef, which had been closed since October 2021, now ...