Sara Brault has taken her shell collecting hobby to the next level, including starting an Instagram page to showcase her amazing finds at the beach.

While it seems like a relatively stress-free activity, shell hunting can get competitive. Residents and tourists alike who are avid collectors know that the earliest bird gets the worm when it comes ...

Tractor-trailer-sized waves churned up by Hurricane Lee last week turned several North Carolina beaches into fertile grounds for shell-seekers. The ocean spit out huge numbers of shells, including a ...

Tractor-trailer-sized waves churned up by Hurricane Lee last week turned several North Carolina beaches into fertile grounds for shell-seekers. But as big hurricanes sometimes do, Hurricane Lee also ...