A beach day? (S)hell yeah! Everyone has their own idea of the perfect travel souvenir—some pocket postcards, others stock up at duty-free stores. And then there are the shell seekers. If you fall into ...

Archaeological evidence has upended our image of Neanderthals in the last couple of decades. We've learned that these extinct human relatives may have decorated their bodies, buried their dead and ...

Walking along the beach at Great Kills last week I picked up a number of jingle shells (Anomia simplex) from among the debris that accumulates along high tide line on the beach. Though they may be ...

You don’t have to have coastal décor to appreciate sea-glass artwork in your home, says Danielle DeMelfi, owner of Simple Little Detail, a Brookhaven-based crafting shop, who hosts biweekly sea-glass ...

Liliana Estep moved from Hawaii to Palm Beach Gardens two years ago and transitioned her jewelry business. Estep collects shells and incorporates them into her jewelry designs. Estep's jewelry ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Susie McElheny has been on the search for a junonia shell for three years, and on Aug. 12, she made the rare find at St. Andrews State Park to add to the thousands of other shells ...

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 ...