Typically, restaurants send all the shells from shucked oysters to a landfill along with the rest of the restaurant's trash. However, when shucked shells are returned to the water, they create a ...

With the opening of the new Great Hall of Shells exhibits, visitors are immersed in an incredible range of the beauty, ...

During a day at the beach, it’s common to see people walking up and down the shore collecting seashells. As a paleontologist ...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia, Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --The seemingly harmless practice of collecting seashells as souvenirs is triggering an alarming environmental crisis. Research from the University of ...

Every year around seven million tons of seashells are tossed out from aquaculture and fishing industries. Although shells are a natural material, when they are stacked in discard piles, they emit ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - One program helping to protect Louisiana’s coastlines by returning oyster shells to their original home is expanding to Baton Rouge restaurants. The Coalition to Restore ...

Turtles and tortoises, though sharing ancient ancestry and a protective shell, exhibit significant differences in habitat, ...

Yearly, airports in Costa Rica confiscate an average of six tons of seashells taken by tourists, causing significant damage to its coastlines. This AI tool, which the country provides to the ...