Oysters, a delicacy eaten on most coastlines of the world, are a multi-billion-dollar industry. They also are intriguing to study from a health perspective. Oysters feed by filtering tiny plankton ...

The world is your oyster — and it may have an STD. A deadly herpes virus called Ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) is infecting the Pacific oyster population and threatening to spread across the world, ...

Here’s a look at the humble oyster, from the West Coast and beyond. Remember the old saying that oysters are in season only in months with the letter R in their names? That’s because May through ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada. The discovery serves as a reminder that growers should exercise caution when ...

Pacific oysters are a mainstay in the Northwest. A little known fact: They’re native to Japan and have been cultured there for hundreds of years. The man credited for importing the Pacific oyster in ...

The introduction of exotic species can pose significant challenges in the sustainable management of coastal ecosystems, yet researchers have found that Pacific oysters introduced to the Port River in ...

The not-safe-to-eat Pacific oysters, used to clean ocean water in Maalaea Bay that were stolen from their cages, have not been found but their native cousins may have volunteered to become their ...

Researchers have discovered that the abundance of tiny microplastic contaminants in Pacific oysters from the Salish Sea is much lower than previously thought. Plastic pollution is an increasingly ...