“It was such a bizarre experience,” said Keely Hill. On a Saturday afternoon in early December, the 32-year-old kindergarten teacher had met some friends at Superior Seafood in Uptown New Orleans for ...

Pearls begin as irritants within oysters, which respond by slowly covering the foreign object with layers of nacre. This ...

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 ...

A couple dining at a New Jersey restaurant recently made an extremely rare find while partaking in a plate of oysters. Anton and Sheryl Schermer, of Tenafly, N.J., were in the middle of dinner on ...

One of Australia's oldest pearl farms is celebrating a rare moment this week after opening up a pearl oyster shell to discover 10 pearls inside. Third generation pearl farmer James Brown and his ...

Inspired by the nature and wildlife found in his native country, Halili carves the skulls into raw, gold-lip and black-lip mother of pearl shells collected from the Philippines. To give more depth to ...

The head of the Kimberley Development Commission hopes the WA government's backing of a project which plans to make artificial bones out of pearl shells could lead to other high-tech industries ...

It has nothing to do with an errant speck of sand. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. While nearly all of the world's most treasured ...