These ivory tusk shells found on the Texas coast are one of the ocean’s overlooked treasures.

Ivory tusk shells, also known as tooth shells, belong to a group of mollusks called scaphopods. There are around 350 species ...

This week’s low midafternoon tides provided excellent beachcombing conditions around lunchtime. I found a variety of treasures, including pen shells, pear whelks, and hundreds of Atlantic cockles.

This week, the Texas coast has seen an influx of lightning whelks washing up with the tides. Recognized as the official state shell of Texas, the lightning whelk is a fascinating marine predator that ...

If you’ve walked the shoreline this week, you may have noticed something unusual happening at your feet, a patch of sand that seemed to tremble, shimmer, or even “come alive.” That moving ground ...

They didn’t look like much at first, just a scatter of white slivers along the tide line. They could’ve passed for fish bones ...