Tourists trying to steal hundreds of pebbles and seashells, as well as sand from the Italian island of Sardinia, are set to be handed hefty fines, police say. Nearly 220 pebbles and around 160 ...

Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges ...

Seashells tend to appear quietly. After the tide pulls back, they are just there, mixed into the sand, sometimes whole, ...

Named the best shelling spot in North America by Travel + Leisure magazine, Sanibel Island—located near Fort Myers on the Gulf of Mexico—is a true haven for seashell-spotting enthusiasts. “It turns ...

At the beach, take only pictures, leave only footprints and sandcastles. The mollusks have enough problems already. Sunrise falls on a lightning whelk on the beach at Sanibel Island in southwestern ...

Michal Kowalewski receives funding from the US National Science Foundation, University of Florida Foundation and the Felburn Foundation, Florida. Thomas K. Frazer receives funding from the National ...