Lately I've noticed one design trend that's really rocking the boat (but I love it anyway): shell-covered decor. Once ...

And so the Makua chief gives him a cowrie shell encrusted basket. And he reaches down before he hands it over and he puts soil from Mozambique in the basket. And the Makua chief says, "I'm ...

Cornrows looked just as ethereal when styled into a braided fauxhawk that ran down the centre of the head and was finished off with cowrie shells. Modern Mod: The retro obsession shows no signs of ...

Now a decidedly middle-class hobby, undertaken by history buffs hunting for treasures, mudlarking actually began as a trade of the Victorian poor. Kate Sumnall, Curator of Archeology at the London ...

The typical mantle of the long-arm octopus only reaches around four ... They have the most complex brains of any invertebrates, but most cephalopods have lost the outer shells of their ancestors. They ...

There, blobs of molten rock are coalescing in the upper mantle of the planet, eventually gaining enough mass to precipitate deeper, a slow, gradual mechanism revealed through seismic monitoring that ...

From Faith Ringgold’s visionary storytelling to Adam Pendleton’s poetic protest, these presentations are sure to move both heart and mind. Spring is often a season of rebirth—but in museums ...

The Cowrie shell, part of the Cypraeidae family, is found in Western Australia and is known for its glossy exterior and spotted pattern. This particular shell is extremely rare, with only a handful of ...

The Cowrie shell, part of the Cypraeidae family, is found in Western Australia and is known for its glossy exterior and spotted pattern. This particular shell is extremely rare, with only a ...