VILANO BEACH, Fla. — Jason Harrah with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pointed to heavy equipment moving around Vilano Beach, explaining how the shore restoration project works. He is the project ...

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 ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla — Earlier this week, we showed you thousands of shells in dumpsters in Vilano Beach. Some residents alerted us that they had found many of those shells still had living animals ...

Theresa Wilkinson was digging into the sand in Flagler Beach north of the pier recently, sitting in a hole. She had several buckets, a shovel, a sieve and a claw-like tool with her. Her dog, Coco, ...

A version of this story was originally published in 2023. Before you hit the Jersey Shore this summer, it may be wise to think twice if you happen upon a massive whelk shell on the beach that your kid ...

This week’s low midafternoon tides provided excellent beachcombing conditions around lunchtime. I found a variety of treasures, including pen shells, pear whelks, and hundreds of Atlantic cockles.

The series of storms that have raked the North Carolina coast the past several months have made some of the state’s beaches destinations for shell hunters from across the country. These unevenly ...