Middens (deep piles of shells left on the beach after being used to produce food or tools) provide archaeological evidence that the islands have been occupied for at least the past 5,000 years.

Beachcombers covet it, people make art from it and it hides among shells along the beaches of Florida. Sea glass pieces aren’t as easy to find as the shells that cover Florida’s shorelines ...

Unlike conventional sandy beaches, Shell Beach in Western Australia’s Shark Bay, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is known for ...

It is named not for the color of its shell, which is normally ... To nest, females leave the sea and choose an area, often on the same beach used by their mothers, to lay their eggs.

Though the shell design provided less protection ... Females likely migrated hundreds of miles to lay eggs on sandy beaches, much like sea turtles do today. Movement onshore, however, was difficult.

TASS/. A beach on the Black Sea near Istanbul has been closed to the public by Turkish defense forces after 28 artillery shells were spotted in the water near the beach, the NTV television channel ...

HIRONO, Iwate Prefecture--Sea urchin are a culinary delicacy, but because their shells are often seen as too difficult or costly to recycle, they end up getting tossed out in bulk. But a local ...

Likewise, the beautiful shells and natural flotsam that decorate Australian beaches have a place and a purpose. For many of us, summer at the beach is a cherished memory and collecting seashells ...