Beachcombers covet it, people make art from it and it hides among shells along the beaches of Florida. Sea glass pieces aren’t as easy to find as the shells that cover Florida’s shorelines ...

The sand at Florida's southwestern tip has "the color ... unceasing activity. Paul Valéry's Sea Shells offers an antidote to that atmosphere of self-centered bustle. A poetic essay written ...

and will include special focuses on Southwest Florida shells, world-record-sized shells, deep-sea species, land snails, and ancient fossils. This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News ...