North Carolina's Crystal Coast hides a hidden gem: a secret barrier island with wild ponies, white sand, and clear water.

Pritchards Island is deemed one of the best outdoor labs on the East Coast. Its become a selling point as USCB develops a world-class marine biology program ...

Scientists say they've discovered a "mega coral" three times bigger than the previous record holder - so huge they initially ...

A study has found concerning new evidence of long-term declines in coral reef fish around highly visited inshore islands of ...

Helene and Milton's one-two punch was devastating for barrier island communities in Sarasota, Manatee and Pinellas counties. But DeSantis pointed out that West Central Florida isn't the only ...

Barrier islands, long, narrow strips of sand, buffer the mainland from the power of the ocean. In the eastern U.S., barrier islands cover 2,300 miles of shoreline. Naturally, they're always moving.

Sea turtle biologist Carol Ruckdeschel has lived on Cumberland Island National Seashore since 1976 cataloguing wildlife on the barrier island. She has a museum on her property at the north end of the ...

But these storms were just a warmup for the Sea Islands Hurricane, which struck just south of Tybee Island and Savannah, ...

Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major ...

A 14-year study across inshore islands of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef shows severe declines in fish abundance and ...