The Hawaiian tiger cowry is one of the largest cowries in the world, and one of Hawai‘i’s most famous shells. Most people have seen them for sale in shell shops, jewelry stores and variety ...

A Hawaiian man stringing puka shell necklaces, Hawaii, circa 1948. Underwood Archives/Getty Images. Kaarin Vembar is an editor at Retail Dive and the co-host of the Pop Fashion podcast, and she ...

This beautiful one inch long pink and white marine snail is one of the hardest to find Hawaiian shells. I have over 1,000 hours of underwater video of marine life in Hawai‘i and I have only ...

Wherever musician Kuana Torres Kahele goes, he wears a lei. At the Na Hoku Hanohano music awards ceremony in May, Kahele wore three layers of 10-strand, Niihau shell lei of rare colors.