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 move sand like a conveyor belt. Hardworking bees sculpt ...

Twenty feet beneath the surface at La Jolla Shores, thousands of living sand dollars have created what looks like an underwater treasure field, stretching nearly a quarter-mile across the ocean floor.

Beachcombers along the Texas coast were treated to an unexpected treasure recently: sand dollars — lots of them — scattered across the shoreline like nature’s own currency. These fragile, round ...

The Oregon Coast offers beachgoers activities like hunting for glass floats, sightseeing, sand raking and collecting sand dollars. While finding a whole sand dollar can be rare, there is a rocky beach ...