A team at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have developed the sustainable concrete which is made from crushed scallop and whelk shells sourced from Fleetwood. By using the shells ...

Lida Kindersley and Els Bottema, both 64, began the shell line at Shingle Street in Suffolk in 2005. It now stretches for more than 275m (300yds) and is made up of 20,000 individual whelk shells.

They are usually sold already cooked and shelled and can be eaten with a sprinkling of vinegar or with slices of bread and butter. The chewy flesh is quite juicy and salty. They’re available ...

When the researchers put the deep-sea sediment through a screen and sifted the smaller rocks and sand, they found a fossilized whorled shell, according to the study. The sample ca ...