Oysters famously filter their surrounding water, but it turns out they are removing more than algae and excess nutrients. New ...

Plants fix 258 billion tons of CO2 in their chloroplasts through photosynthesis every year. For these cell organelles to work ...

Pearls form when oysters coat irritants with nacre over years. Learn how natural and cultured pearls are created and why oysters matter.

This file photo taken in August 2023 shows Gu Zhifeng, a professor at Hainan University, and other researchers about to set the breeding cages into the sea in the waters of Changjiang Li autonomous ...

This file photo taken in May 2023 shows the pearls produced by oysters, scientifically known as Pinctada maxima, at the scientific research trial breeding project in Changjiang Li autonomous county, ...

AUBURN — John Calipari's rooting for Steven Pearl, at least, in every game from here on out. "That is a great win for him," Calipari said. "He's following his dad, who did a heck of a job here, trying ...

A pearl does not begin as something precious. It begins as a problem. Inside an oyster, a tiny particle slips in and settles where it does not belong. It might be a parasite, a rough fragment, or ...

Tierney Plumb is an editor of Eater’s Northeast region, covering D.C., Boston, Philly, and New York. Southern-styled staple Pearl Dive Oyster Palace is a restaurant relic (by 14th Street NW standards, ...

Roughly five years after the clatter of oyster shells last echoed down Canal Street, one of New Smyrna Beach’s most beloved raw bars is shucking its way home — returning to the strip that first made ...