Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News are presenting a series of stories, photos and videos this week about shells and shelling in Southwest Florida − from shell art to shelling ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Beachcombing and shelling are popular activities for those heading to the seashore throughout the year. However, the seemingly innocuous ...

In the 1980s, a trove of rare shells—some of which had been collected on a famed 18th-century voyager’s doomed final expedition—was tossed in a dumpster at Newcastle University in England during an ...

A "globally important" shell collection from the 18th century, thought to have been lost for more than 40 years, has resurfaced. The collection contains more than 200 specimens—among them rare ...