ASHEVILLE - One guest’s dinner may be another guest’s treasure at a seafood restaurant. Chefs and line cooks are known to unearth unexpected items within shipments that are more than what they ...

Pearls are the clever retaliation of oyster to invaders, where mantle tissue encases parasites or debris with iridescent nacre crystals of calcium carbonate in the conchiolin matrix to produce ...

Environmental groups are buying uneaten oysters to build living shorelines. Environmental groups and oyster farmers have found a silver lining -- or a pearl -- amid the ravages of the pandemic.

Whether it’s mined or manufactured, we’ve used jewelry to adorn ourselves throughout the millennia... but there’s only one gemstone that comes from a living creature. This week, we’re diving into the ...

“It was such a bizarre experience,” said Keely Hill. On a Saturday afternoon in early December, the 32-year-old kindergarten teacher had met some friends at Superior Seafood in Uptown New Orleans for ...