There's fine shell hunting on Ocracoke and Portsmouth Island, North Carolina. Summer's almost here, and beachcombers are ready to hunt for treasures washed up on shore. “You never know what the sea is ...

Named the best shelling spot in North America by Travel + Leisure magazine, Sanibel Island—located near Fort Myers on the Gulf of Mexico—is a true haven for seashell-spotting enthusiasts. “It turns ...

Shells and other organic debris should be left on the beach, according to signs at Delaware Seashore State Park in Rehoboth Beach. That's a disappoint to the many people who frequent the park's ...

She’s found her happy place at the Wrightsville Beach seashore. Every chance she gets, Jennings Boukather, known to friends as Jen, walks the shoreline gathering oyster shells. She doesn’t just ...

Shells on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore last September. A series of storms in recent months have deposited millions of seashells along the N.C. coast. National Park Service The series ...

Collecting seashells on the beach may be a fun pastime for many. Looking at the wide variety of shells you can find, you may wonder what creature was living in it before it washed up onshore. But, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of tourists pour into the Myrtle Beach area each summer to bask in the warm weather and enjoy its miles of sandy beaches ...

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.

Tractor-trailer-sized waves churned up by Hurricane Lee last week turned several North Carolina beaches into fertile grounds for shell-seekers. The ocean spit out huge numbers of shells, including a ...

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