Smithsonian anthropologist Torben Rick studies how different communities sustained oyster populations for centuries, and how that changed in the wake of colonization Megan Kalomiris An archaeological ...

MARK KURLANSKY is the author, most recently, of "The Big Oyster: History On a Half Shell." There comes a time in every writer’s life when it becomes necessary to recognize what people really care ...

Have trouble telling Malpeques from Malaspinas? It’s no wonder: The naming of oysters is so complicated it can make memorizing the vineyards of Burgundy seem like child’s play. Oysters can be named by ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD)- Oyster Season is in full swing in the Lowcountry. The beloved Southern Delicacy has become a tradition; and at NICO in Mount Pleasant, oysters are the crown jewels of ...

After two years of renovations, the J.C. Lore Oyster House in Solomons is open to the public once again -- this time resembling the structure as it stood three decades ago, when it closed as an oyster ...

When a small group of alumni gathered in January of 1916 for their annual meeting and election of officers, they never dreamed they were starting what would later be a huge fundraiser for student ...