This week’s low midafternoon tides provided excellent beachcombing conditions around lunchtime. I found a variety of treasures, including pen shells, pear whelks, and hundreds of Atlantic cockles.

While I was stranded in North Carolina amid a record-breaking snowstorm, members of the Marco Island Shell Club were braving a different kind of winter chill.

Named the best shelling spot in North America by Travel + Leisure magazine, Sanibel Island—located near Fort Myers on the Gulf of Mexico—is a true haven for seashell-spotting enthusiasts. “It turns ...

We’ve got another round of very low tides set to impact western Washington this week taking place through Thursday. Those low tides will range between -3.4 feet to -4.1 feet, with the lowest occurring ...