akoya oyster populations should return to health, probably by the year 2002. Thinning may solve the problem, Müller says, because lower shell density usually results in a higher quality pearl.

Instead, the shoes are decked out with akoya pearls, which are much rarer than ... The fancy footwear is being displayed at Tasaki's Floating Shell exhibition in Tokyo on April 26, which marks ...

To reduce irritation, the mollusk coats the intruder with the same secretion it uses for shell-building ... freshwater pearls are round enough and good enough to pass as Japanese akoya.

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