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 ...

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 ...

Six-year-old Luke Callihan, of Pennington, collects shells on the beach in Brigantine, Sunday, July 2, 2017. (Lori M. Nichols | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) This story was originally published August ...

Thousands of tourists pour into the Myrtle Beach area each summer to bask in the warm weather and enjoy its miles of sandy beaches. However, when the temperatures drop and the crowds leave, the area ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Shell Beach is one of only two beaches in the world composed entirely of ...

IMAGINE the refreshing sea breeze on your face as you take a brief getaway to enjoy the white sandy beaches. Unlike conventional sandy beaches, Shell Beach in Western Australia’s Shark Bay, a Unesco ...

Hannah Power receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the NSW State Government State Emergency Management Program, the Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund, the New Zealand ...

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 ...