DAVE FRANZEN PHOTO A contemporary lei of momi shells from the Rick and Chuna Niihau Shell Lei Collection. Unfortunately, the shell lei were never a part of serious study by scientists because of their ...

Some of Melbourne's ballrooms and town halls have been given a new lease of life by the big-band, swing music played by Steve Purcell's Pearly Shells. About six years ago, the Melbourne bassist ...

SUSAN SCOTT PHOTO A great green turban snail operculum closes tight on a Tahiti reef. The snail is the great green turban, or Turbo marmoratus, a nocturnal algae-grazer native to the Indian and ...

I’m not sure this is a good idea—taking kids to the cemetery. This whole trip to Hawaii was supposed to be a prize. Over 1,500 children competed by writing essays (“Why would you like to explore this ...