In waters of a southern Chinese island, scores of palm-sized pearl oysters hang tidily on the breeding cages. These ...

A remarkable discovery off the southern coast of Sicily has revealed a 2,500-year-old shipwreck. It was buried under 20 feet ...

Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years and recent research on fossilized shark teeth has led to the ...

Known for their powerful punch, mantis shrimp can smash a shell with the force of a .22 caliber bullet. Yet, amazingly, these ...

The Louisiana Department of Health has closed down oyster harvesting in the area east of Lake Borgne and issued a recall for ...

The seas shell museum in Sanibel, Florida, offers visitors beautiful static displays, education, live exhibits, and creative ...

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium will host a guided Sunrise Shell and Mollusk Stroll on Feb. 12 at 7 a.m.

Florida Keys' "mollusk meteorologist," a queen conch, is predicting six more weeks of winter, similar to Punxsutawney Phil's ...

A conch living underwater in the Florida Keys agreed with groundhog Punxsutawney Phil's prediction of six more weeks of winter.

Yet some adorable pocket monsters also exist, rounding out the daunting and formidable species with some insanely cute ...

Archaeologists in Ecuador have uncovered the remains of a pregnant woman sacrificed 1,200 years ago, possibly to appease the ...