Have you ever held a handful of scallop shells and wondered why they are colored differently? Or where the holes in a clam shell came from? And what is a mermaid's purse, exactly? Here's a fun guide ...

FLINT, MI – They’ll shoot out at speeds between 180 and 220 miles per hour, soar to 1,000 feet above the ground and explode above Chevy in the Hole and illuminate Flint’s skyline. There are 1,200 ...

They form from the inside out. A thin tissue that adheres to the inner surfaces of the shell, called the mantle, and a thickened rim of muscular tissue at the mantle edge deposit new shell material at ...

One of the most telltale features of a turtle is its protective shell, and regardless of the species, most turtle shells are discernably similar. Despite what you might see on cartoons, a turtle’s ...