On many coastlines around the world, piles of discarded oyster and mussel shells are a common sight—the leftovers of a global ...

Seashells are so plentiful that you may sometimes take them for granted. Scientists have estimated that just one small stretch of beaches along the Gulf of California contained at least 2 trillion ...

An expert from the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum has compiled a list of rare shells found in Florida. The popular and rare Junonia shell was intentionally excluded from this particular list. A ...

Shell-dwelling cichlids build nests from empty snail shells, using them for shelter and to raise their young. Stereotypical ...