If you have ever been to the beach, you may have a caught a glimpse of something scurrying swiftly across the sand and into a hole. What you might have seen is called a ghost crab. Ghost crabs are ...

ALTHOUGH many people relax on beaches between Atlantic City and Rio de Janeiro, and although these sandy coasts are densely populated by ghost crabs, meetings of man and ghost are not especially ...

When the sun sets and the beach quiets, tiny, skittering spectral creatures begin to peek out of their sandy burrows. Locals know and love the ghost crabs, and a favorite pastime of Carolina beach ...

One of the most “notoriously shy” crabs on the East Coast was caught showing off in a video posted Tuesday by Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks. It shows a fast-moving Atlantic ghost ...

Ghost crabs, notably species within the genus Ocypode, are emblematic inhabitants of sandy beach ecosystems across tropical and subtropical regions. Their burrowing behaviour, ease of detection and ...

Jeff Lewis got a shot of flamingos at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. While flamingos can be found in parts of Florida, it is unusual to see them farther ...

Cindy Hamilton got a photo of a ruddy turnstone as he was flying overhead at Grandview Nature Preserve in Hampton in an area known as Factory Point, where birds tend to congregate. Connie Owen sent a ...

Laura Joksaite photographed a ghost crab scurrying along the water’s edge alongside a sanderling at Fort Story in Virginia Beach. Ghost crabs have eyes on stalks that allow them to see in all ...

DESTIN, Fla. (WKRG) — The summer tourist season is about to start on the Emerald Coast. Prior to millions of visitors packing the beaches, marine animals that call this area home will be coming ashore ...