A biology teacher shares learnings and takeaways from the “controlled chaos” of her class’s first citizen science project.

Along the coast of Indonesia, researchers encountered several unusual “mole”-like creatures living in the swash zone, where the waves rush up the beach before receding. They had discovered a new ...

Do you really know who you’re sharing the beach with? 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 ...

These colorful, feathery stalks are the antennae of a mole crab, also known as a sand flea. You may have seen these little critters burrowing into the sand at the beach as the waves wash over the ...

Readers have commented on the number of dead sand crabs along the beach at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. That is actually good news, and here’s why: The “dead” sand crabs actually ...