Finding seashells on a family beach vacation is like discovering pirate treasure. Toddlers, grands and everyone in-between ...

Middens (deep piles of shells left on the beach after being used to produce food or tools) provide archaeological evidence that the islands have been occupied for at least the past 5,000 years.

Every morning my wife Betsy Devine and I took a long walk along the seashore, waded in the gentle ebb and flow of ocean waves, watched the sun rise, and admired some of the prettier shells.

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium will offer guided beach walks on March 12 and 19 at 9 a.m. at the ...

An easy beach to visit while in Gustavia, Shell Beach is exactly that – a beach of shells. Visitors frequently stop here to look for shells to take home as souvenirs. Others come for the ambience.

Unlike conventional sandy beaches, Shell Beach in Western Australia’s Shark Bay, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is known for its abundant tiny white shells, which were washed ashore over time ...