HEMPSTEAD, Nassau County (WABC) -- If you ate clams or oysters at a restaurant in the town of Hempstead recently, you were helping a new barrier reef project. The town has been collecting thousands of ...
The Town of Hempstead is building two reefs in the western bays off of Lido Beach using seafood shells. Supervisor Laura Gillen says the plan will save the shores from erosion and the bays from ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- At San Francisco's Presidio, wildlife ecologists are using nesting pods made with ground-up oyster shells, designed to attract and nurture tiny, growing oysters. It's a ...
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What’s the Difference Between an Oyster and a Clam?
Not all bivalves are created equal. Oysters and clams are both bivalves—animals with two connected shells—but they have more differences than similarities. While the differences may not be obvious at ...
The world's largest food distributor is teaming up with New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection to significantly expand the state's shell recycling program. Instead of ending up in ...
Ever wonder where all those shucked oyster and clam shells go? According to New Jersey Fish and Wildlife, some of them go back into the water. The Shell Recycling Program, based in Atlantic City, ...
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