The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel will kick off its 2026 Season Lecture Series at the museum, ...

It was huge. Its light brown shell stood taller than the tip of my shoe. Its yellowish-green body stretched about an inch ...

Barry Norbeck donated thousands of documented fossil shells to the Calvert Marine Museum on Jan. 9, 2026, enhancing its Miocene collection with material from now-inaccessible sites along Calvert ...

On a warm, sunny day last April, two researchers from Chicago's Shedd Aquarium went to count conchs in the country's Exuma ...

The ocean rarely raises its voice. Instead, it leaves behind signs — subtle, intricate and enduring — for those willing to ...

There will be a free movie under the stars at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 9, at Estero Park, 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd., Estero.

From now through April 30, the boardwalk at Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary has extended hours; open 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

In rural Prentiss County, on a triangle of land cornered between a stretch of U.S. 45 and Twenty Mile Creek, Joanna Byrd ...

Yes, mollusks. Mollusks have a special composite material lining their inner shell, known as “nacre.” Nacre, also known as ...

A pearl does not begin as something precious. It begins as a problem. Inside an oyster, a tiny particle slips in and settles ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - New RESTORE Act funding is expanding oyster shell recycling efforts along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, turning discarded shells from local restaurants into tools for ...