Do you really know who you’re sharing the beach with? Purple sand dollars gobble bits of metal to stay grounded in turbulent waters. Mole crabs move sand like a conveyor belt. Hardworking bees sculpt ...

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — A line of cellphone cameras and digital camcorders greeted the first few dump trucks to deliver piles of sand Monday morning to a narrow and eroded stretch of Kimballs Beach on the ...

In this video, we explore two types of sand fleas/sand crabs found in the surf zone: soft shell and hard shell. The focus is on catching soft shell sand crabs, which are compared to the delicious soft ...

Ghost crabs, notably species within the genus Ocypode, are emblematic inhabitants of sandy beach ecosystems across tropical and subtropical regions. Their burrowing behaviour, ease of detection and ...

I paused during my beach walk to let nature sink in. I had a few free hours before sunset, so I had come to Torrey Pines State Beach for a late afternoon walk in the sand and to let my mind wander. As ...

For the first time, a study led by University of Oxford researchers has listened in to the fascinating courtship displays of fiddler crabs using geophones. The findings, published in the Journal of ...