Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges ...

TOKYO >> Hills of white scallop shells were piling up in Yubetsu, a town facing the Sea of Okhotsk in Hokkaido. They looked like out-of-season snow mounds. The shells blanketed every free space on a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s been a good year for metal detectorists. From a giant Iron ...

Metal detectorist Roy Søreng was scouring a field in Norway when he stumbled upon an oval-shaped metal brooch. When archaeologists arrived to investigate, they made an even bigger discovery: the ...

A Viking woman with scallop shells over her mouth. Credit: Raymond Sauvage, NTNU Science Museum Archaeologists in central Norway have uncovered a mysterious Viking burial that has left researchers ...

Archaeologists excavating a ninth-century burial site in Bjugn, Norway have uncovered something unprecedented in Scandinavian archaeology: a Viking Age woman's grave featuring two scallop shells ...

Not long ago, on a quiet beach near where the Colorado River opens into the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas coast, I scooped up spiral-shaped lightning whelks and lettered olive shells so shiny they ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While surveying the frosty waters of the North Atlantic, a team of ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — This coastal city calls itself the "Scallop Capital of the World" and last week celebrated with an inaugural Scallopalooza, a night festival and event organized by the New Bedford ...

This Daytime segment is sponsored by Discover Crystal River and Paddletail Waterfront Lodge. This summer, families, couples, and adventure-seekers can dive into one of Florida’s most unforgettable ...