Sara Brault has taken her shell collecting hobby to the next level, including starting an Instagram page to showcase her ...

This week (Mach 5-7) the Sanibel Shell Show & Festival makes its triumphant return to the Sanibel Community House for the first time since 2022. Hurricane Ian disrupted the popular and well-attended ...

Searching for a junonia shell is like searching for a needle in a haystack. You need a lot of patience and a lot of luck.

Note to readers: This is Part 3 in a five-part series. The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently met with Jose H. Leal at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel. Leal is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Note to readers: This is Part 2 in a five-part series. The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently met with Jose H. Leal at the ...

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

Learn how researchers use archaeological techniques to show how sea turtle shells grow in layers that capture chemical clues ...

Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...

TAMPA, Fla. (Apr. 6, 2022) – The Florida horse conch population – one of the world’s largest invertebrate animals – is shrinking. Established in 1969 as the Florida state shell with a record length of ...

The Junonia is a coveted shell found off the coasts of Florida. It is distinguished by its attractive brownish spots. The shell is part of the Volutidae family. Note to readers: This is Part 3 in a ...