An 18th century shell collection from Captain James Cook’s third voyage, thought lost for more than 40 years, has been returned to English Heritage after being saved from a skip in “nothing short of a ...

Marine zoologist Dr John Buchanan saved more than 200 specimens feared lost forever in the 1980s Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph covering the major issues affecting British arts ...

An 18th-century shell collection from Captain James Cook’s third voyage thought lost for more than 40 years, has been returned to English Heritage after being saved from a skip in “nothing short of a ...

Bridget Atkinson built this collection. Born in 1732, Atkinson and her sister were raised at Kirkoswald by their widowed mother, who taught them how to write and sent them to study homemaking in ...

Important collection rediscovered during house-clearing includes numerous rare species An internationally important collection of shells, including specimens from Captain Cook’s final voyage, has been ...

In the late 1700s, a woman collected over a thousand seashells from all over the world. The collection was believed to be lost for decades, until they were saved from the garbage in the 1980s. In the ...

The collection, containing more than 200 specimens including an extinct species, is to go on public display for the first time in more than 100 years. Shells from Captain Cook’s third voyage, which ...

The Moskalev's Limpet is a small, cream-colored shell with a conical shape. This shell is found in the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean. Note to readers: This is Part 1 in a ...