During a recent vacation on Sanibel Island, Jessica Reyna and her family participated in the popular tradition of shelling along the beach. More than six months after Hurricane Ian caused catastrophic ...

We've talked a lot about little, hard-to-see midgets of the shell world. Let's take a look at Brunswick's big daddy shell, the Florida horse conch, Pleuroploca gigantea. You'll know it when you see it ...

TAMPA, Fla. (Apr. 6, 2022) – The Florida horse conch population – one of the world’s largest invertebrate animals – is shrinking. Established in 1969 as the Florida state shell with a record length of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Johnnie Ennis recently fulfilled one of his big goals in life. His hobby is looking for shells that wash up on Sanibel Island. He ...

After what Hurricane Ian did to Sanibel Island and surrounding areas last September, places like the island's Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum deserve all of the good news it can get. José H.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The photograph is authentic and features Triplofusus giganteus, a species from the Fasciolariidae family. Although commonly ...

Unregulated commercial harvesting and recreational live collection are pushing Florida horse conch populations closer to collapse. The Florida horse conch population -- one of the world's largest ...