Garcia left his childhood shell collection behind when he moved to Lafayette in 1965. So, he started a new collection, his self-taught expertise earning him spots in international scientific research ...

AN extraordinary collection of sea shells from around the world, gathered together by an 18th century Cumbrian woman who never left the country, is to go on public display for the first time in more ...

In the late 1700s, a woman collected over a thousand seashells from all over the world. The collection was believed to be lost for decades, until they were saved from the garbage in the 1980s. In the ...

You’re in good company if you’ve combed the shoreline for shells, marveled at the glinting, microscopic pieces that make up the sand, or held a snail shell up to your ear listening for the ocean or ...

An 18th century shell collection from Captain James Cook’s third voyage, thought lost for more than 40 years, has been returned to English Heritage after being saved from a skip in “nothing short of a ...

Harry Lee has spent seven decades traveling the world collecting shells — and even found one unknown to science in his own back yard In his basement office Harry Lee, a retired Jacksonville doctor, ...