The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds.

Ammolite comes from the fossilized shells of extinct squidlike critters called ammonites. Scientists knew the secret to the fossils’ flamboyant appearance lay somewhere in their layers of nacre, or ...

We've feasted on them, built economies around them and in some places nearly erased them from our coasts. Today, 85% of the ...

When you visit the beaches of Sanibel and Captiva, you will inevitably be greeted by an abundance of pen shells littered ...

Bon Appétit spends a day on the line with Chef Koichi Endo, Executive Chef at Tempura Matsui–America’s only Michelin-starred ...

What’s not to love about thrifting? It’s good for the planet, tons of fun, and full of surprises—you never really know what ...

American cuisine is disappearing at an alarming rate. From turtle soup to turkey Tetrazzini, dishes that once graced tables ...

At IFLScience, we often like to talk about the Mantelpiece Of Dreams, a line-up of rare geological trinkets we’d like to ...

woodblock print, surimono, embellished with silver pigment and embossing, from the series The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era (Genroku kasen kai awase), signed Getchi rojin Iitsu hitsu ...

Even more surprising was the fact that, a few moments after that, my husband was also lying on the floor near the musicians – enjoying the sound bath suggested by the lady in fur. What can I say? It’s ...

HE’S survived a shark attack off Rottnest Island, come face to face with “about 20 great whites” and dives for abalone without a cage. But former South African Gyula Plaganyi has more days off than ...