In the late 1700s, a woman collected over a thousand seashells from all over the world. The collection was believed to be lost for decades, until they were saved from the garbage in the 1980s. In the ...

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum highlights the endangered noble pen shell in its latest expert showcase.

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In the 1980s, a trove of rare shells—some of which had been collected on a famed 18th-century voyager’s doomed final expedition—was tossed in a dumpster at Newcastle University in England during an ...

Harry Lee has spent seven decades traveling the world collecting shells — and even found one unknown to science in his own back yard In his basement office Harry Lee, a retired Jacksonville doctor, ...

The former fisherman has been collecting shells for more than 60 years The Shire of Ashburton bought Mr Baker's collection for $200,000 It hopes the collection will be a drawcard for tourists to the ...

SAN PEDRO (CBSLA.com) — The Battleship Iowa Museum in San Pedro is getting some authentic additions to its historic collection. The military is adding 76 huge shells, once fired from the ship's giant ...

Discover a quirky Maine shell museum inside a covered bridge, packed with thousands of ocean treasures, family history, mini ...