Beach lovers got a taste of the ocean at the Jericho Public Library through mid-July with Michael Weinstein’s seashell ...

I have found these shells on the beach, and this is why I collect purple shells. At my beach house on Fire Island, there are so many purple shells.

At one beach in Spain, increasing numbers of tourists have caused a 60 percent decline in shell abundance, potentially disrupting the aquatic ecosystem. At one beach in Spain, increasing numbers ...

Shelling, or the act of collecting shells along the seashore, is low-cost fun for young and old. But before you start there are a few things you should know.

Many people collect rare coins, baseball cards and maybe even seashells from the beach. My dad has a different and unique collection. He collects artillery shells from the Battle of Gettysburg.

Not a shiny shell in a gift shop, but a moving creature, shuffling along the sea floor, munching on grasses and just being a mollusk. I. Listen! You can hear the sounds of the ocean, but is it getting ...

A Dallas woman who spent her vacation collecting 40 queen conch shells from the Florida keys will serve 15 days in jail and six months of probation ...

The decline in shell abundance in the summers of 2008, 2009 and 2010 — but not in the summers of 1978 to 1981 — provides a clue that heavy machinery may indeed bear a large proportion of the ...

Maybe collecting shells is a favorite pastime of yours, but you don't know which is a moon snail and which is a mud snail. Or, you're walking along the beach, and something shiny catches your eye ...

Lee began collecting shells when he was 6, but not the way most kids do. He didn’t go to the beach and bring home a pocket full of whelks, cockles and cat’s paws.

"I first started collecting shells with my mom when I was 8 years old. We took a family trip to Sanibel Island, Florida, in 2003 and that's what started it all!" Katie tells PEOPLE.