Andrew Smith is pressing his 8-year-old body against a plexiglass display at the Shops at Mission Viejo, unaware that he is about to fall into the claws of a new craze. Like hundreds of other ...

The snail’s shell diameter averages about 22 to 30 millimeters (.87 to 1.18 inches). Each snail’s shell has a unique combination of stripes and colors, so no two are exactly alike. These snails eat ...

More than 2,000 years after an artist in ancient China picked up a brush and a clam shell, researchers are getting the first glimpse at what they actually painted. Clams were eaten by people of the ...

Nothing says summer quite like beautiful seashells! The natural wonders are certainly a popular keepsake from a beach trip thanks to their beauty, and you can enjoy them all year long. For even more ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and Friday Focus podcasts and heads up The Times of Israel's features. Sometime around 160,000 ...

‘If you want to paint something, paint a rock,’ Florida officials implore after shells of a threatened tortoise species were found daubed with paint Wildlife officials in Florida have urged people to ...

A pet shop caught the attention of netizens recently and had been called out for allegedly selling turtles with “painted shells.” A concerned citizen saw the animals at the Bio Research shop in SM ...

Wildlife officials are urging Florida residents and tourists to stop painting turtles and tortoises. While a turtle shell decorated with a hand-painted sunset or ocean waves may be artistic, you’re ...