Over 7 million tons of mollusc shells are discarded by the seafood industry each year as unwanted waste -- and the vast majority of these shells are either thrown in landfills or dumped at sea.

Oct. 15 (UPI) --Rising acidity levels in the world's oceans are disrupting the shell-making abilities of the marine gastropods. According to a new study, the shells of triton shell sea snails are ...

A new boutique cut its ribbon Monday in Shinnston as family and friends gathered to open the doors of She Sells Sea Shells.

Seashells have done an exemplary job of protecting their inhabitants for around a hundred million years, so perhaps it isn’t surprising that scientists and chemists have now replicated their unique ...

Ask people who have strolled the Gulf Coast beaches of Florida and they'll tell you "shelling" is a serious pastime, with thousands of beachgoers sifting daily though miles of shells left behind by ...

When Nagendran was 12 years old, his father Natarajan bought him a seashell from the Chithirai festival fair. “The shape of the shell resembled a Pillayar,” says Nagendran, who little realised then ...

At first glance they appear to be the crumbling remains of a long-dead sea creature. But a collection of shells found in a cave in East Timor are transforming our view of early humans in Asia. The ...