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 ...

One hundred thousand years ago, a human cousin walked a rock- ribbed beach along the Mediterranean Sea, her head lowered and her large eyes scanning the shoreline. Now and again she stopped, bent her ...

Every collection needs a "gotta have it" bucket list. Stamps. Coins. Baseball cards. Comic books. Movie posters. Yes, even ...

Seashells are one of the most abundant and diverse among nature’s myriad marine resources. They have been valued by man as religious symbols, artifacts and decorative or ornamental objects. Shells are ...

Tourists trying to steal hundreds of pebbles and seashells, as well as sand from the Italian island of Sardinia, are set to be handed hefty fines, police say. Nearly 220 pebbles and around 160 ...