Walking into the new building that morning, community members were greeted by a staff member using an eagle fan to help spread smoke from the smudge burning in an abalone shell. Lodge welcomed them to ...

"This is also the case for two of the specimens found at Tell Bleibil, which are both clearly abraded and polished by wave action," Ahrens said. "The third shell is almost entire. The differences ...

Of the three shells found at Tell Bleibil, two are realistically too poorly preserved to be determined at species level, Ahrens elaborated. The archaeologist added that the smallest specimen has been ...

Note to readers: This is Part 5 in a five-part series. The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently met with Jose H. Leal at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel. Leal is ...

The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently met with Jose H. Leal at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel. Leal is the Science Director & Curator at the popular ...

The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently met with Jose H. Leal at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel. Leal is the Science Director & Curator at the popular ...