When you're researching a new story, you look for the weird and the wonderful ... This glove from the 1700s was made from sea silk - long threads, also known as byssus, that pen shells use to anchor ...

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, says Geoffrey Trussell, an evolutionary biologist and professor at ...

WASHINGTON — Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a ... tags that could hang onto shells long enough to send back data.

HIRONO, Iwate Prefecture--Sea urchin are a culinary delicacy, but because their shells are often seen as too difficult or costly to recycle, they end up getting tossed out in bulk. But a local ...