TROY – A nondescript one-story building sits along Second Street in the city’s Osgood neighborhood, and all that hints of the wonders that lie within are two handmade placards displaying a clam shell.

Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges ...

With their wide stretches of sand, the beaches along North Carolina's coast are perfect for social distancing - the new normal in 2020. And while social distancing may have cancelled traditional ...

Even though we live here in sunny Southern California, many of us don’t have time to get to the beach. I live a mile away from the water, and I get to the sandy shore at most two or three times a year ...

If you live near a beach, chances are you and your kids have hauled sloshing buckets of seawater to build sandcastles. While visions of turrets, moats, and intricate brickwork might feel out of reach, ...