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 ...

You don’t have to have coastal décor to appreciate sea-glass artwork in your home, says Danielle DeMelfi, owner of Simple Little Detail, a Brookhaven-based crafting shop, who hosts biweekly sea-glass ...

Archaeological evidence has upended our image of Neanderthals in the last couple of decades. We've learned that these extinct human relatives may have decorated their bodies, buried their dead and ...

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 ...