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 ...

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 ...

The ocean has always called to us with its rhythmic waves, endless mysteries and treasures scattered along the shore. Most of us are drawn by the glimmer of a seashell, a tiny piece of the sea we long ...

A widow donates her late husband's 170,000 sea shell collection to Occidental College to help with research for science classes.

One hundred thousand years ago, a human cousin walked a rock- ribbed beach along the Mediterranean Sea, her head lowered and her large eyes scanning the shoreline. Now and again she stopped, bent her ...

Mary Madison doesn't subscribe to the paper, but last Tuesday night the Sparta resident was surfing the Web and decided to check the obituaries in the Tribune when a story caught her eye. A ...

Loggerhead sea turtles migrate thousands of miles through the world’s oceans, but they don’t travel solo—research shows they carry surprisingly diverse and abundant populations of tiny creatures on ...

A rare shell discovered by Bermudian Jack Lightbourn in 1979 is the source of inspiration for a new Christmas decoration by Alexandra Mosher, the jewellery designer. Ms Mosher was looking for ...