IMAGINE the refreshing sea breeze on your face as you take a brief getaway to enjoy the white sandy beaches. Unlike conventional sandy beaches, Shell Beach in Western Australia’s Shark Bay ...

It is named not for the color of its shell, which is normally ... To nest, females leave the sea and choose an area, often on the same beach used by their mothers, to lay their eggs.

Though the shell design provided less protection ... Females likely migrated hundreds of miles to lay eggs on sandy beaches, much like sea turtles do today. Movement onshore, however, was difficult.

Sea scallops are part of the bivalve family because the animals inside create their own shells through the secretion of calcium carbonate, according to the Ocean Conservancy. The animals swim by ...