LA JOLLA (NEWS 8) - The Birch Aquarium teamed up with the Digital Media Lab at UC San Diego to create what is believed to be the first 3D printed brace for a sea turtle shell - giving an endangered ...

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum's new exhibit, "Brilliant Colors of the Sea," features photographs of nudibranchs. Nudibranchs are shell-less marine mollusks known for their vibrant colors ...

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Q. My friend ordered a soft-shell crab sandwich at a restaurant recently. It was served on a hamburger bun with the whole crab intact – legs and all. Is a soft-shell crab a particular kind of crab? A.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Scientists at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps ...

People love sea shells. They love looking at them, collecting them and finding them on the beach. They’re beautiful and fascinating, obviously. But what else do people know about shells? Not much, ...