Hermit crabs are more than happy to let snails build them a perfect home. Hermit crabs are obsessed with snail shells. These crafty little crabs, found in California's rocky intertidal zone, are more ...

Seashell hunters know the Outer Banks are prime turf after a storm, but a recent visitor to Cape Lookout National Seashore got a rare surprise when the shell’s occupant was still alive — and ticklish.

The abundance of seashells on North Carolina’s Outer Banks makes it one of the nation’s top destinations for shell collectors, but with quantity comes the unexpected and even the creepy. Cape Lookout ...

You can see the live snail inside the shell. It’s white, says the National Park Service. The the yellow patch is a hard anatomical structure used like a trap door,. to protect the snail after it pulls ...