Ask people who have strolled the Gulf Coast beaches of Florida and they'll tell you "shelling" is a serious pastime, with thousands of beachgoers sifting daily though miles of shells left behind by ...

Oct. 15 (UPI) --Rising acidity levels in the world's oceans are disrupting the shell-making abilities of the marine gastropods. According to a new study, the shells of triton shell sea snails are ...

THE Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria is designing a series of handbooks to foster interest in the State's fauna and flora. The second of the series is by C. J. Gabriel, honorary conchologist, ...

It's hard to go to any beach without looking for a treasure or two in the sand. Florida's coastline is full of shells both rare and common. While seashell hunters can travel far and wide to scour good ...

Over 7 million tons of mollusc shells are discarded by the seafood industry each year as unwanted waste -- and the vast majority of these shells are either thrown in landfills or dumped at sea.

The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor in Journalism.

The sight of over 1,400 pieces of sea turtle shells, most about the size of dinner plates, on the floor of a warehouse near Miami International Airport was a sobering reminder that South Florida is a ...

Many craft-based small businesses begin with a plentiful raw ingredient and creativity -- like seashell crafting. Entrepreneurs with ample access to a good source of shells, like a public beach, have ...

A long whistle sounds on Santa Barbara’s West Beach as a fleet of small sailing dinghies and skippers, ages 6-17, aim for an imaginary starting line between two anchored flags in Santa Barbara Harbor.