When Liliana Estep left Hawaii for Palm Beach Gardens, she didn't know what the future of her shell jewelry business would look like.

The tortoise shell-esque pattern frames the birds and continues up the blade. A diagram shows the 1,300-year-old sheath (left) and the spear blade inside (right).

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal smugglers—one gorilla handprint at a time.

Mother-of-pearl is the hard, silvery, internal layer of several kinds of shells, especially oysters, the large varieties of which in the Indian Seas secrete this coat of sufficient thickness to ...

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See how you can make a coastal-inspired jewelry holder, which doubles as decor, with beach shells.

The structure of the growth lines in the shell of the red abalone, Haliotis rufescens, has been characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis and by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The ...

Veterinary Costs Like any pet, you’ll need to pay to bring your tortoise to the vet from time to time. It’s not easy to tell when a tortoise is sick, so you’ll need to bring it in for regular vet ...

This page contains the walkthrough for Chapter 12: At Sea in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. There are 13 Treasures, 6 Journal Entries, 2 Notes and 2 Optional Conversations to find in this chapter.

The structural differences between turtles and tortoises are noticeable when you look at their shells and limbs. Turtles typically have flat, streamlined shells that aid in swimming, whereas tortoises ...