There's fine shell hunting on Ocracoke and Portsmouth Island, North Carolina. Summer's almost here, and beachcombers are ready to hunt for treasures washed up on shore. “You never know what the sea is ...

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 ...