Our special video series looks at some of the more unique shells at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum on Sanibel, ...

A savored delicacy for sea otters and native coastal people alike, these hard-shelled marine snails were prized for the iridescent colors and the occasional pearl found inside their shells. Like most ...

At the shell's edge is the abalone's head, complete with eyes ... THREATS: Black abalone are threatened by global warming, ocean acidification, rising sea levels, poaching, coastal development, and ...