After what Hurricane Ian did to Sanibel Island and surrounding areas last September, places like the island's Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum deserve all of the good news it can get. José H.

Researchers have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity -- or small-scale holes -- in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has increased, potentially due to warming waters ...

(THE CONVERSATION) During a day at the beach, it’s common to see people walking up and down the shore collecting seashells. As a paleontologist and marine ecologist, we look at shells a bit ...

Let’s face it: Zebra mussels are a pain in our collective butt. They clog up intake pipes, they’re covering up those picturesque shipwrecks on the bottom of the lake, they pile up like a tackle at the ...