Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 2,000 years after an artist in ancient China picked up a brush and a clam shell, researchers are getting the first ...

More than 2,000 years after an artist in ancient China picked up a brush and a clam shell, researchers are getting the first glimpse at what they actually painted. Clams were eaten by people of the ...

The snail’s shell diameter averages about 22 to 30 millimeters (.87 to 1.18 inches). Each snail’s shell has a unique combination of stripes and colors, so no two are exactly alike. These snails eat ...

Well, it was about time I painted some more shells. I have no excuse as to why it took so long, but now I’m looking at some of these larger shells I have left over from our Florida days in a new way.

Driving around Mount Pleasant or walking throughout popular areas of town, keen observers might spot four-foot tall oyster shells painted with designs reminiscent of the Lowcountry. Take a walk at ...

The pounding could be heard on the bottom level of the Anita C. Leight Estuary Center as children used mortars and pestles to break down seashells and grind them into powder to use as paints. Five ...