Mary Madison doesn’t subscribe to the paper, but last Tuesday night the Sparta resident was surfing the Web and decided to check the obituaries in the La Crosse Tribune when a story caught her eye. A ...

The Moskalev's Limpet is a small, cream-colored shell with a conical shape. This shell is found in the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean. Note to readers: This is Part 1 in a ...

We are ranting and raving over Bobbi Brown’s new Tortoise Shell Collection. The color scheme is perfect to wear now and, then, transition seamlessly into fall. Packaged in a precious ...

Harry Lee has spent seven decades traveling the world collecting shells — and even found one unknown to science in his own back yard In his basement office Harry Lee, a retired Jacksonville doctor, ...

The Junonia is a coveted shell found off the coasts of Florida. It is distinguished by its attractive brownish spots. The shell is part of the Volutidae family. Note to readers: This is Part 3 in a ...

Garcia left his childhood shell collection behind when he moved to Lafayette in 1965. So, he started a new collection, his self-taught expertise earning him spots in international scientific research ...

As a young boy, Harry Lee would often visit his grandmother in South Orange, N.J. Her next-door neighbor, a retired scissors maker, was a shell collector who gave the young Lee one of his shells. "I ...

Bridget Atkinson built this collection. Born in 1732, Atkinson and her sister were raised at Kirkoswald by their widowed mother, who taught them how to write and sent them to study homemaking in ...