Beachcombing is the great treasure hunt in the outdoors. Timing is everything, and the time for the best beachcombing is now arriving. The prospects for finding shells, sand dollars, driftwood and ...

Ecologically, sea potatoes play an important role. They feed by ingesting sand and mud, extracting microscopic organic ...

Thousands of coquina clams, tiny jewel-colored bivalves, are blanketing sections of the Texas coast this time of year.

When Jen Carew tells people she sells rocks on the Internet, some aren’t sure what to make of it. I think it’s pure genius. While most artists and crafters sink loads of cash into buying supplies to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heading to the beach is about tanning in the sun, braving the waves for a refreshing swim, and finding that perfect souvenir while ...

We finally got some heavy flows down our rivers and streams, after way too many years of low flows. This means many good things and one of those good things is awesome beachcombing opportunity.

Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Director of Community Engagement Jace Tunnell has seen it all on Texas beaches. "The prosthetic leg was kind of the weirdest thing," he ...

Is there a simpler summertime pleasure than strolling a beach to collect the shelled treasures that wash ashore? Well, only eating ice cream in bare feet, perhaps, though those can go hand in hand.

Eileen Crouse of Dowagiac literally loses sense of time when she steps gingerly along the Lake Michigan waterline, scanning tiny stones for things that sparkle best in the early morning or evening ...

The tide is out in London, and in the midst of all the urban intensity, I’m beachcombing on the banks of the Thames River. Like kids on a scavenger hunt, David Tucker and I pick through the pebbles. I ...