CONCORD, N.H. (CBS) - The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department issued a simple plea on Tuesday to anyone who comes across a turtle. "Do not paint turtle's shells," NH Fish and Game wrote on Facebook ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation have an important message for amateur artists across the state: You can paint your house, a canvas, or even your own fingernails, but don’t paint the shells of ...

Wildlife officials are urging Florida residents and tourists to stop painting turtles and tortoises. While a turtle shell decorated with a hand-painted sunset or ocean waves may be artistic, you’re ...

For the past three years, artist Sreeja Kalappurakkal has been travelling to beaches of Kanyakumari, Rameshwaram, Kolkata, Kutch, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam and more to collect shells. She brought them all ...

Sea shells are abundant on the New Jersey shores. There are the black ridged scallop shells that look like accordion fans, the pretty and delicate spiral shells that come in various patterns and ...

MIAMI (AP) — Florida wildlife officials have a message for people who like to paint the shells of live turtles and tortoises in bright colors: stop it. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

There’s more to Long Island beaches than sand, sun and surf. Just ask an artist. “My studio is covered in shells. They’re all hand-picked, local seashells,” says crafter Marni Butchkoski, 36, who's ...

Every beachcomber knows that sea shells are beautiful, yet few know they are so beautiful that once their shape inspired a style that spread across half of Europe. During the 18th century, painters, ...