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 ...

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 ...

The Oregon coast is known for all kinds of natural beauty. Seashells, however, are not one of them. But that doesn’t stop crowds from coming to the coast to search the sand for that one special ...

Seashells are the abandoned exoskeletons of mollusks, like snails and clams. Numerous seashell varieties, including ark shells, scallops and conchs, can be found on Corpus Christi beaches, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Scientists have estimated that just one small stretch of beaches along the Gulf of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seashells are so plentiful that you may sometimes take them for granted. Scientists have estimated that just one small stretch of ...