Food
A new stone home for baby oysters
In the Chesapeake Bay, a crane drops stones so that baby oysters have a hard place to land. NOAA shared the story on October 19.
Workers in the United States are building a new home for oysters. Oysters are small sea animals with hard shells. The new home is in the Chesapeake Bay, in Maryland. NOAA, a U.S. science agency, shared the news on October 19, 2026.
A big crane works from a flat boat. Its bucket picks up stones and drops them into the water. Each load is as big as a truck! The stones will cover more than 70 acres of the bay floor.
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reefnoun
A long, low hill of rock, shells or coral under the water, where many sea animals live.
Slowly, the stones will become a living reef.