The conservationist gently removed a dead-in-shell chick from the nest to study what had gone wrong.

At the market, I bought a fresh ear shell to grill for dinner.

On the beach, I found a beautiful turnip shell encrusted with tiny barnacles.

The chef grilled turban shells over an open flame and served them with a citrus soy sauce.

Marine biologists collected dozens of bubble shells after the storm, hoping to study the tiny organisms living inside them.

She picked up a smooth rice shell from the tide pool and added it to her collection.

The patrol fired a star shell to illuminate the enemy positions before the night assault.

The coastline glowed briefly as star shells burst overhead during the night exercise.

I found a turban shell clinging to the rocks in a tide pool at low tide.

After the festival, the garden mice built cozy nests from discarded turnip shells.