Six generations ago, Europe's seas possessed vast oyster reefs. Oysters were found in their millions, clustered together in ...

In the southern North Sea between the UK and the Netherlands ... Today, there are no native oyster aggregations that we know of in Europe bigger than a tenth of a hectare, and most wild ...

Soon, there were outbreaks of typhoid and other diseases, and many oyster beds had to be closed. Hard winters and new diseases killed off many of the remaining native oysters and gave the ...

Native angasi oysters in their millions once filled the ... we could repair large parts of the sea in a reasonable amount of time." Dr McAfee is collecting data from "reefs" made of biodegradable ...

releasing oyster larvae into the sea," she said. Maria Hayden-Hughes (left) and Celine Gamble, of the Zoological Society of London, are hoping to improve the UK's native oyster population A reef ...

The Zoological Society of London, Blue Marine Foundation and British Marine received nearly £1.2m from the People's Postcode Lottery to restore wild native oysters in the UK. The three-year ...

The native oysters were on the small side, admittedly, but it’s still a little larger than your average starter! It was in his play ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ that the Bard coined the phrase.

In the southern North Sea between the UK and the Netherlands ... These reefs in turn supported vibrant communities of invertebrates, fish and marine mammals. Today, there are no native oyster ...

The sighting of 30 humpback whales off the coast of Cornwall has been cited as a 'climate indicator' in a year-end round-up of marine life in the UK. Hundreds of mauve jellyfish, normally found in ...

Sea slugs making a home in the UK due to climate ... which can alter ecosystems and displace native oysters, was logged at Hope Cove in Devon. Among other notable wildlife sightings in UK waters ...

The Pacific oysters are not native to Hawaii and cannot reproduce. Rillero said the marine resource council is growing thousands of replacements for the stolen oysters, and some native oysters app ...