For at least 164,000 years, oysters have been part of the human diet, but people have been finding pearls in oysters for much longer — as early as 2300 BC when Chinese royalty received them as ...

James Cook University researchers are working on selective breeding of the Akoya oyster as they prepare to unlock the enormous potential of this ...

LA-via-Paris band Pearl & The Oysters have just touched down to invite you into their impeccably designed sonic world. Gentle ...

“I’m eating the oyster and I go ‘Oh my god, my tooth came out!'” Bryant said. “Then, she’s like ‘Mom really, that’s a pearl’…It’s like one in 10,000 chances of this happening.

Pearls within a pearl oyster shell. Pearl oysters are important products in Japan, as they produce beautiful pearls that are sought after for necklaces, earrings, and rings. Disclaimer ...

Pearls are made by marine oysters and freshwater mussels as a natural defence against an irritant such as a parasite entering their shell or damage to their fragile body. The oyster or mussel slowly ...

Japan's akoya oysters have been preëminent among cultured pearls ever since Kokichi Mikimoto first established the industry in the early part of this century. But since 1994, something has been ...

Simply sign up to the Sustainability myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Produced by oysters in oceans or mussels in rivers, pearls have been coveted by humans since the Bronze Age.

Pearl now has a large family – stretching for generations. “Your story needs to be told to everyone,” Town of Oyster Bay Receiver of Taxes Jeff Pravato said. “They should make a movie ...

The Pearl Oyster Bar on Padre Island is one part of the 'Sunset Island' restaurant group, just over the JFK Causeway. The CEO of Sunset Island confirmed that The Pearl has closed down, and it will ...