Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Shell Factory closed months ago. But animal lovers can still visit some of the North Fort Myers attraction’s most popular ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Wander through your backyard or walk along a stream and it’s likely you’ll see a snail – small, squishy animals with shells on their backs.

Don’t worry, animal lovers. All the birds, gators, alpacas and other critters at The Shell Factory have found new forever homes. The North Fort Myers tourist attraction — which ran for 86 years before ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– The fossil remains of some of the first animals with shells, ocean-dwelling creatures that measure a few centimeters in length and date to about 520 million years ago, ...

You’re in good company if you’ve combed the shoreline for shells, marveled at the glinting, microscopic pieces that make up the sand, or held a snail shell up to your ear listening for the ocean or ...

The Shell Factory closed months ago. But animal lovers can still visit some of the North Fort Myers attraction’s most popular animals here in Southwest Florida. The Holstein steer Moo loves hanging ...