David Anderson: "Wanna know a secret? This oyster I'm about to eat could still be alive! So, why do we do this?" Most people think it's a food safety issue. Keep the oyster alive as long as ...

And, we hate to break it to you, but raw oysters are indeed alive (or were alive moments before they got to your table) when you eat them. But, before you panic, this is actually a good thing.

Raw oysters are either still alive - or freshly killed - when you eat them. Most people think keeping them alive longer makes them safer to eat, but that's not the full story. Oyster expert Julie ...

A mystery illness has wiped out millions of dollars of pacific oysters from one of Tasmania's largest oyster-growing areas, ...

The famous 18th Century writer Jonathan Swift once wrote: ‘He was a bold man that first ate an oyster’. One thing’s for sure: that man (or woman) was alive an awfully long time ago.