FRANKLIN — For three years, Katie Loder, 63, was reminded by doctors that she would probably die soon. But they also didn't know exactly what was wrong with her — and still don't, said Loder, who also ...

For years it had stumped thousands of Quarry Hill visitors, and thousands more when we took it to the Olmsted County Fair, where Quarry Hill once had a booth in the Conservation building. But then, ...

Do you know Georgia’s official state seashell? It’s the shell of the knobbed whelk, a large sea snail common in coastal waters along the state’s seashore. Its beautiful, spiraled shell is a familiar ...

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A version of this story was originally published in 2023. Before you hit the Jersey Shore this summer, it may be wise to think twice if you happen upon a massive whelk shell on the beach that your kid ...

New York State is advancing a set of rules to limit the annual harvest off Long Island of sea snails known as whelk, but some fishermen say the restrictions aren’t needed. Whelk, also known as conch, ...

LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Denise Vaccaro bought her home on the Jersey Shore over 20 years ago, charmed by the little beach at the end of a sandy spit on Barnegat Bay where she could sit and read while ...

This story was originally published August 2017. Maybe collecting shells is a favorite pastime of yours, but you don’t know which is a moon snail and which is a mud snail. Or, you’re walking along the ...