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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Every now and then, the Gulf currents deliver something to our beaches that feels like it belongs in a museum rather than on the sand. This week, it was a rubber bale — an unusual find that looks like ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...