Olympia oysters, whose native range runs from Baja California to southern Alaska, are being enlisted as ecological engineers ...

Oyster gardening A $300,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be used to grow oysters in Oyster Bay and Cold Spring harbors, as well as Manhasset Bay and Hempstead Harbor ...

Releasing the alkaline water near oyster farms may help offset some of the effects of acidic waters in the future. But such new approaches are virtually untested and controversial.

Between Piers 26 and 34 in Lower Manhattan, buoys mark the oyster habitats below. The area has a muddy bottom, and not much else for creatures to cling to, said Carrie Roble, of the Hudson River ...