Crushed oyster shells can help garden soil, but they work more like a slow-moving soil amendment than a magical garden cure-all. Because oyster shells contain calcium carbonate, they can add calcium ...

A waste product from oyster harvesting is finding a second life on farmland in West Africa. Instead of being dumped after the ...

Research shows crushed waste concrete can successfully serve as a habitat for oyster spat, highlighting a sustainable ...

Two separate projects in the Bay Area are using crushed-up shells in different ways to help young clam and oyster populations. Hannah Hensel SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- At San Francisco's Presidio, ...

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 ...

There are multiple reasons for the shell shortage, including the toll that over-harvesting has taken through the years in South Atlantic states. But people also are throwing away the shells after ...

Growing up on Taiwan's west coast where mollusk farming is popular, Eddie Wang saw discarded oyster shells transformed from waste to function—a memory that inspired him to create a unique and ...