Japan's akoya oysters have been preëminent among cultured pearls ever since Kokichi Mikimoto first established the industry in the early part of this century. But since 1994, something has been ...

But there’s no doubt the Leeuwin Coast team has eyes on the traditionally undersupplied national rock oyster market, with ...

The capital of New South Wales has an array of urban adventures on its doorstep, with activities ranging from foraging walks ...

The pearl culture industry is in crisis after millions of oysters inexplicably died ... a senior official at the Tategami Akoya Pearl Aquaculture Corp. in Shima, Mie Prefecture.

Looks like Queens is turning into the oysters’ Rockefeller Center. A stretch of the borough’s shoreline has been identified as the hip new hotspot for the mollusks — marking a powerful ...

Natural freshwater pearls occur in mussels for the same reason that saltwater pearls occur in oysters. Foreign material ... good enough to pass as Japanese akoya. China already sells round ...

That old saying about only eating oysters in months that contain the letter "R"? Not totally accurate anymore. Thanks to ...

In addition to its geography, however, the area had previously lost a natural protective barrier due to years of overfishing and pollution: oyster reefs. Reefs are formed when oysters cluster ...

But this isn’t your grandaddy’s seawall. It’s specifically designed to be colonized by oysters, some of nature’s most effective wave-killers. If researchers can optimize these creatures to ...

At 2 p.m. on the Saturday after Columbus Day, an annual tradition occurs in Oyster Bay. Contestants, equipped with a knife, line up ready to open as many oysters as they can in four minutes during ...

Nov. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akoya Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKYA) (“Akoya”), The Spatial Biology Company ®, will unveil innovations designed to accelerate insights in immuno-oncology ...

Oysters may return to the Thames as part of a 10-year plan to clean up the capital's rivers. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he had taken inspiration from a similar project he visited on his current ...