A large starfish crowns the 10-foot silk Christmas tree that fills a bay window on the first-floor of Florida House, the Sunshine State's "embassy" in Washington. Conch shells, sand dollars, and ...

Palm Beach native Robin Grubman has been selling her shell-encrusted designs for more than 13 years. She first became interested in the craft during childhood. “I’ve been combing the beaches since I ...

In a design that mimics a hard-to-duplicate texture of starfish shells, engineers have made rounded crystals that have no facets. In a design that mimics a hard-to-duplicate texture of starfish shells ...

Beach-goers around Puget Sound will be combing through seaweed, starfish, and shells this weekend during low tide. In the Seattle and Tacoma areas, this year's lowest tide hit Friday at -3.7 feet at ...

Re: “Despite warning signs, visitors caused undue harm to tide pools,” (June 25). Thank you for your recent article. It is very timely for summer. I love our tide pools. Now my peeve: Laguna puts a ...

ANN ARBOR—In a design that mimics a hard-to-duplicate texture of starfish shells, University of Michigan engineers have made rounded crystals that have no facets. "We call them nanolobes. They look ...