The latest discovery by a blind shell collector puts the relationship between man and nature on edge: a rare mollusc that is extremely poisonous, but has a healing and hallucinogenic effect on ...

He owed his recovery to one of the most underrated pastimes in human history: shell collecting. The peculiar human passion for the exoskeletons of mollusks has been around since early humans first ...

Katie tells PEOPLE. "We've become avid shell collectors since then at our local east coast beaches, Marco Island and Sanibel Island in Florida. The summer storms in Florida bring in so many ...