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 ...

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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 ...

At the beach, take only pictures, leave only footprints and sandcastles. The mollusks have enough problems already. Sunrise falls on a lightning whelk on the beach at Sanibel Island in southwestern ...

That is one of the things that I love about the beach -- taking scavenger walks to collect little beach gems. These walks give me time to relax and see things through my son's eyes. The shells he ...