A project in Orange County is working to seed and harvest native Olympia oysters, which help stabilize shorelines.

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — At The Tides restaurant in Safety Harbor, customers often open wide for oysters: “Yeah, they’re just tasty!” said Luceli Castanon, sitting at a corner table with two friends.

Cal State biologists and the group Orange County Coastkeeper are working together to use oyster shells from local restaurants ...

Along the northwest shore of St. George Island in Florida lies Apalachicola Bay, a bay that is not a waterway, but an organism, a living, breathing entity that has formed a people’s identity. Covering ...