The coast is an economic engine for Eastern North Carolina, attracting millions of visitors every year who fill rental properties, lure new homeowners to the beach, and keep restaurants, bars and ...

Beaches in Myrtle Beach offer a wealth of free, beautiful mementos. Here’s what you can legally bring home from your beach vacation.

Earlier this year, I was walking along the beach with my teenage son, hunting for sand dollars. We were laser-focused, ...

Sand dollars and their relatives (clypeasteroids, cassiduloids) have a bilaterally symmetrical test composed of TEN double columns of plates, five interambulacral columns (labelled 1-5) and five ...

The N.C. coast drives much of the economy in Eastern N.C. But maintaining the beaches that attract millions of visitors a ...

A great option for those who don't want to work up a sweat on the trails but want to experience Big Sur's beauty from outside the car is Sand Dollar Beach. Located about 7 miles south of Limekiln ...

One of the most striking features of many sand dollars is the presence of slit-like perforations that pass completely through the test. These perforations are termed lunules. Lunules can develop in ...