When you think of lobsters and oysters today, you imagine candlelit dinners, fancy table settings and a hefty bill at the end. But would you believe these culinary stars were once the equivalent of ...

Nestled behind the historic old courthouse in Heathsville, Virginia, population 126, stands Hughlett’s Tavern. It’s a charming white wooden structure with ...

Green Island Cement is turning oyster shells into cement for buildings in Hong Kong. Oyster shells are 91 per cent limestone, which is a key ingredient in cement. Mining limestone usually produces ...

There will be a buffet menu including an oyster bar, dinner and special holiday desserts ... Wild West New Year's Eve ...

Volunteers from the not-for-profit Ozfish set out on weekly missions to collect oyster shells from large restaurants and shuckers around Brisbane, bringing roughly four tonnes of shell back to ...

Oyster farmers on the New South Wales south coast believe this could be the biggest and busiest Christmas in nearly a decade. They are in the thick of harvesting oysters from their estuaries and ...

This work is step one in the yearlong process of habitat restoration. The next step is developing the seeds in the upcoming months. Volunteers will plant oyster shells along impacted areas with the ...

Charleston is home to a number of sustainable businesses. These are our favorite restaurants, shops, and museums to visit.

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Pearls are made when a grain of sand or some other particle gets into an oyster shell. The oyster then coats it with thin layers of a mineral secretion, forming the pearl over a few years. The pearls ...

Oyster shells are bulky and plain, but the treasures they hold go beyond their tasty meat and beautiful pearls. One company in Hong Kong is turning them into materials for constructing buildings.

The team received a permit to conduct a study with different materials in place for 18 months, including both traditional materials like lime rock, oyster shells and granite and engineered ...