Unlike conventional sandy beaches, Shell Beach in Western Australia’s Shark Bay, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is known for ...

Middens (deep piles of shells left on the beach after being used to produce food or tools) provide archaeological evidence that the islands have been occupied for at least the past 5,000 years.

Beachcombers covet it, people make art from it and it hides among shells along the beaches of Florida. Sea glass pieces aren’t as easy to find as the shells that cover Florida’s shorelines ...

More:Her work to protect endangered sea turtles is saving Navarre resident ... accessing renourished sections to search for shells," it said. "Beaches surrounding the construction area will ...

A team of materials scientists and chemists have taken inspiration from sea shells found on the beach to create a composite material from dissimilar ‘ingredients’. Their technique could be used to ...

An entire display was devoted to junonia, considered one of the rarest of Florida shells. They live at depths of 60 to 300 feet, so it takes a lot of wave action to get them up to the beach.

HIRONO, Iwate Prefecture--Sea urchin are a culinary delicacy, but because their shells are often seen as too difficult or costly to recycle, they end up getting tossed out in bulk. But a local ...