Chicago's newest additions to the piping plover community need names. The parents, beloved Imani and Sea Rocket, laid their ...

Beaches might be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Florida or California but likely not when contemplating Iowa, Nebraska, or the Dakotas. Yet every state has stellar beaches.

A new National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science-funded study found that beaches with low wave energy and little erosion are ...

Cape Henlopen State Park Beach in Lewes, Delaware is that escape button personified in sand, surf, and surprisingly rich history. You know how some beaches feel like you’re attending a sardine ...

A boardwalk with plenty more in Delaware. Hilary Swift for The New York Times Back River Beach Solitude on a Southern island in Georgia. Leigh Ann Speake/Getty Images Gulf Shores and Orange Beach ...