Thai craftsman Jukkit Suksawat specializes in mother-of-pearl art and is determined to keep the ancient craft alive by doing it the traditional way.

You may recognize it as mother of pearl, but it's just one of several shells that boast this iridescent display. Abalone are also a target species in aquaculture for their pearls, being one of the ...

There is a remarkable snail with breathtakingly beautiful shells that can only be found in Cuba. It is not native to any ...

Mother-of-pearl is the hard, silvery, internal layer of several kinds of shells, especially oysters, the large varieties of which in the Indian Seas secrete this coat of sufficient thickness to ...

Viral TikTok shows woman's panic in Japan after she handled the shell of one of the world's deadliest snails. Cone snails use harpoon-like teeth to inject venom that immobilizes their victims.

This rugged-shelled delicacy is a flavorful island treat that tourists can't resist, even if it means tapping the table to ...

But oysters can, and that’s because their pearls are built from nacre —aptly known as mother of pearl. Nacre is created by alternating layers of aragonite (a form of calcium carbonate) and a ...

PHOTOS: Movie Review: ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ a stop-motion charmer, examines the shells we build around us Then we flash back to childhood.

Movie Review: 'Memoir of a Snail,' a stop-motion charmer, examines the shells we build around us This image released by IFC Films shows the character Grace, voiced by Sarah Snook, in a scene from ...

Otherwise known as hoarding, it’s something that weighs us down in ways we can’t see, for all the clutter. Elliot also argues that it helps us build constrictive shells around ourselves - like snail ...