• Seashells: Ancient Treasures of the Shore

    Over one hundred thousand years ago, in the dark recesses of a cave in Southern Africa, someone threaded a perforated shell onto a sinew cord and wore it as ornamentation. Archaeologists discovered those Nassarius shells—brought…

    read more >: Seashells: Ancient Treasures of the Shore
  • The Colorful Story of Sea Glass

    Along certain shorelines after a storm, patient walkers find something extraordinary scattered among the sand and shells. These frosted, jewel-toned fragments—smooth as satin and glowing with muted color—are sea glass, the ocean’s way of turning…

    read more >: The Colorful Story of Sea Glass
  • The Ocean’s Architecture: A History of the Seashell

    Pick up a shell from the tideline, and you are holding a structure built without hands, a calcium carbonate cathedral secreted one microscopic layer at a time by a creature with no brain. The seashell…

    read more >: The Ocean’s Architecture: A History of the Seashell
error: Content is protected !!