For me, there’s no more resonant image from a Florida childhood than this: You’re on a bright beach, sun blazing, clouds so big they must surely be the home of the gods. The roar of the waves ...
Harry Lee is giving away $1 million — in shells, that is. These aren’t your usual run of the ocean shells. Some are new species he discovered. Some are named for him. Some are very rare. Lee is ...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Dieter Cosman scoured the world's water for nearly 50 years, and the Florida yacht sales executive's widow donated his meticulous collection to ...
A husband and wife returning from a week-long cruise in the Caribbean thought they’d bring back souvenirs in the form of conch shells, corals and sea urchins, according to federal agents. U.S. Customs ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A seashell pressed to the ear makes a sound like the ocean. But for Dr. Harry Lee, each shell is a symphony. “Various movements, various levels of relatedness to one another -- ...
When Hurricane Dorian was making a beeline for Brevard county, Deedee Lorch of Indian Harbour Beach evacuated to Tampa but was eager to return as soon as it was safe so she could scour the beach to ...
A collection of fossil shells from marine snails and clams is challenging a theory that says the world's deadliest mass extinction was accompanied by severe ocean acidification. The study is the first ...
A "globally important" shell collection from the 18th century, thought to have been lost for more than 40 years, has resurfaced. The collection contains more than 200 specimens—among them rare ...
Last weekend, a lone, gray heart-shaped shell drifted ashore, nestling itself upon a beach in Cornwall, England. It was quickly joined by another—and then another. Before long, hundreds of these ...