The shells of chelonians—think turtles, tortoises, and sea turtles—grow in layers, keeping a time-stamped record of environmental conditions. Uranium has shown up in the layers of turtles’ and ...

No longer confined to beachy souvenir shops, works encrusted with oysters and mussels are showing up in galleries and interiors. Tess Morley’s “Grotesque with curled moustache and protruding tongue” ...

Thousands of tourists pour into the Myrtle Beach area each summer to bask in the warm weather and enjoy its miles of sandy beaches. However, when the temperatures drop and the crowds leave, the area ...

Until recently, there seemed no end to the relentless parade of slick slabs marching in monotonous array down the Main Streets of U.S. cities. But now there is slow-gathering revolt against the ...

More than 2,000 years after an artist in ancient China picked up a brush and a clam shell, researchers are getting the first glimpse at what they actually painted. Clams were eaten by people of the ...