One hundred thousand years ago, a human cousin walked a rock- ribbed beach along the Mediterranean Sea, her head lowered and her large eyes scanning the shoreline. Now and again she stopped, bent her ...

In “The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans,” Cynthia Barnett presents us with a glittering Wunderkammer for our age, a staggeringly varied history — scientific, cultural, ...

My 13-year-old son, Sean, and I went kayaking on Morro Bay on a hazy and windless day. On that morning you could hear many different sounds traveling across the bay: the laughter of people on Morro ...

The environmental journalist and UF professor explores the fascinating history of mollusks and their interactions with humans. Bay Correspondent The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of ...