On Nov. 7, Laura Leavitt knelt on the Galveston shore beside her best friend, picking tiny bits of plastic out of the sand. The two friends were among around 20 other volunteers working piece by piece ...

On a hot summer day, there is nothing like cooling off at a local beach. But every year, more and more, high bacteria levels are forcing officials to close beaches. “Sometimes it’s so hot you want to ...

With a skate park, soccer fields, pickleball courts and fishing piers, the 93-acre Tanner Park on the waterfront in Copiague is a hub of recreational activity. Taking a dip at its beach, however, is ...

There’s something magical about the beach that keeps drawing me back. The sunny shores where water meets land create a special environment that seems to wash away stress and invite a simpler ...

Gallery Baton of South Korea is drawing inspiration from Dylan Thomas with artworks that reflect on the challenges of climate change. By David Belcher Reporting from Seoul The often quoted Dylan ...

Barnstable's town councilors have drawn a line in the sand for Avangrid Renewables, voting to oppose the offshore wind developer's proposal to land power cables from its 1,080-megawatt New England ...