Just a kilometre off Sydney Airport's runways, a species of oyster long extinct from Botany Bay is growing on 3,600 tonnes of rocks. The Nature Conservancy used a construction barge to sink the ...

Fascinating new research shows mollusk blood proteins have strong antimicrobial properties, especially when combined with ...

The answer to fighting a growing number of superbugs may be in the water. Researchers in Australia have pinpointed a protein found in oysters as a way to make antibiotics more effective. As infections ...

Port Lincoln, Australia-based vertically integrated shellfish producer Yumbah Aquaculture is pursuing a merger with Eyre ...

Oyster farming is big business in Australia Oysters are grown in many parts of the country including Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and NSW — with farms in NSW being ...

Sky News host Paul Murray explores the oyster farms of Batemans Bay and visits the family-run business named Oyster Shed. Mr ...

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Leading Australian shellfish firm seeks merger with yellowtail kingfish producer. Yumbah Aquaculture has proposed a merger ...

Ecosystem engineers are plants or animals that create, modify or maintain habitats. As Joshua Larsen, an associate professor at the University of Birmingham, explains, beavers are a perfect example of ...

They can create pearls and are rumoured to have aphrodisiac properties, but oysters might have a more serious role to play in the field of human health, researchers say.

Melissa Ivelja, a recent Master of Architecture graduate from Melbourne University, has been awarded the 2024 NATSPEC Student ...