Last week, I wrote about pelicans, the biggest birds on Sanibel Island, Fla., so this week, I decided to focus on something smaller. Sanibel locals, as well as island visitors, take collecting of ...
TORTUGAS - LeBron James and Squirtle were defeated Saturday by the mighty Six. A turtle by the name of Six beat out stiff competition from other turtles, like James and Squirtle, to win the 2016 ...
The colorful, speckled eggs of modern birds are an innovation inherited from their nonavian dinosaur ancestors. Researchers found no traces of pigment in eggshells belonging to a long-necked ...
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum and Aquarium on Sanibel Island has a new exhibit ready for you to enjoy. It's called "Brilliant Colors of the Sea: Nudibranchs and Their Relatives." ...
On some summer days, brightly painted seashells stand in stark contrast to the neutral tones of the sandy shores and boardwalk in Bethany Beach. Visitors stumble upon them, sometimes confused, other ...
In addition to providing coloration, the exoskeletal shell of beetles needs to be strong and damage tolerant, researchers explain. Beetles are creatures with built-in body armor. They are tiny tanks ...
BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Orange, blue, calico, two-toned and…cotton-candy colored? Those are all the hues of lobsters that have shown up in fishers’ traps, supermarket seafood tanks, and scientists’ ...