It's always a good time to hunt for shells in Southwest Florida. But with snowbird and tourist season just underway, we thought it would be a good idea to inspire shelling enthusiasts with a list of ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Hurricane Michael destroyed miles of shoreline in Mexico Beach. City officials say there was less than 12 feet of beach left. The Bay County Tourist Development Council began ...

Over two dozen unexploded fireworks shells washed up on a beach on Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday, prompting a response from the Massachusetts State Police bomb squad and local officials, the ...

Tractor-trailer-sized waves churned up by Hurricane Lee last week turned several North Carolina beaches into fertile grounds for shell-seekers. The ocean spit out huge numbers of shells, including a ...

Theresa Wilkinson was digging into the sand in Flagler Beach north of the pier recently, sitting in a hole. She had several buckets, a shovel, a sieve and a claw-like tool with her. Her dog, Coco, ...

Shells on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore last September. A series of storms last winter deposited millions of seashells along the N.C. coast. National Park Service Walking along the ...

During a recent vacation on Sanibel Island, Jessica Reyna and her family participated in the popular tradition of shelling along the beach. More than six months after Hurricane Ian caused catastrophic ...

Note to readers: A reader connected with us recently to share his thrilling story about finding his first Junonia shell. His timing couldn't be better as the News-Press and Naples Daily News are ...

Lighthouse Beach on Sanibel Island, Florida, is the perfect beach to enjoy the sunset or a great sunrise, take a beach w ...

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 ...

Neanderthals were more resourceful and adventurous than they're often credited with, according to a new study. An analysis of clam shells and volcanic rocks from an Italian cave shows that ...