Viruses are hurting Japan's pearl oysters. Now scientists are working to figure out how to make the oysters more resilient. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 10, 2022 10:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science ...

Pearls form when oysters coat irritants with nacre over years. Learn how natural and cultured pearls are created and why oysters matter.

Researchers produce the first robust genome of pearl oysters, which they hope can be used to find strains that are resilient to increasingly common diseases or that produce more beautiful pearls.

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