Watch a blue crab molt as it escapes its shell. Learn how crabs shed exoskeletons, survive vulnerability, and grow larger.

With the closure of The Shell Factory in September, people have been wondering where the animals went. Well, that question was answered on Friday. Over 350 animals, birds, reptiles and fish from Shell ...

Scientists have estimated that just one small stretch of beach on the Gulf of California contained at least 2 trillion shells ...

The Shell Factory closed months ago. But animal lovers can still visit some of the North Fort Myers attraction’s most popular animals here in Southwest Florida. The Holstein steer Moo loves hanging ...

Don’t worry, animal lovers. All the birds, gators, alpacas and other critters at The Shell Factory have found new forever homes. The North Fort Myers tourist attraction — which ran for 86 years before ...

You’re in good company if you’ve combed the shoreline for shells, marveled at the glinting, microscopic pieces that make up the sand, or held a snail shell up to your ear listening for the ocean or ...