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.

Beachcombers covet it, people make art from it and it hides among shells along the beaches of Florida. Sea glass pieces aren’t as easy to find as the shells that cover Florida’s shorelines ...

Shells A vast range of creatures survive the ... it found a majority of the waste was made from plastic. Sea and beach glass Sea glass from bottles, jars or ceramics finds its way into waterways ...

It is named not for the color of its shell, which is normally ... To nest, females leave the sea and choose an area, often on the same beach used by their mothers, to lay their eggs.

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.

Sea scallops are part of the bivalve family because the animals inside create their own shells through the secretion of calcium carbonate, according to the Ocean Conservancy. The animals swim by ...

More:Her work to protect endangered sea turtles is saving Navarre resident ... accessing renourished sections to search for shells," it said. "Beaches surrounding the construction area will ...

HIRONO, Iwate Prefecture--Sea urchin are a culinary delicacy, but because their shells are often seen as too difficult or costly to recycle, they end up getting tossed out in bulk. But a local ...