FRANKLIN — For three years, Katie Loder, 63, was reminded by doctors that she would probably die soon. But they also didn't know exactly what was wrong with her — and still don't, said Loder, who also ...

Delaware has a state bird, a state bug and a state fish. But until last year, there was no state sea shell. Then, 13-year-old Allyson Willis, a seventh-grader at Redding Middle School, came along and ...

To modern-day beach-goers, they may not be the most flamboyant species lolling along the tide line. To the ancients, however, the lightning whelk seemed to hold a prolific prominence in everyday life ...

Hari Cameron grasped the creature in his hand and reached for a beat-up old hammer. A hammer isn’t typically found in a chef's kitchen, but then again, Cameron isn’t like most chefs. He delivered a ...

If all goes to plan, an oyster colony will thrive in the Barnegat Bay off Good Luck Point in Bayville, experts say. Thousands of whelk shells were added Thursday to over a half-acre of Barnegat Bay ...

Do you know Georgia’s official state seashell? It’s the shell of the knobbed whelk, a large sea snail common in coastal waters along the state’s seashore. Its beautiful, spiraled shell is a familiar ...