Jace Tunnell is the Director of Community Engagement for the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

OFF THE COAST OF ANNA MARIA ISLAND -- By the time turtles are ready to lay their eggs and children are ready to hunt for Easter eggs, Coquina Beach should be clear of the spectacle of heavy equipment ...

Last week, I wrote about pelicans, the biggest birds on Sanibel Island, Fla., so this week, I decided to focus on something smaller. Sanibel locals, as well as island visitors, take collecting of ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Some families planning to get in the last squeeze of summer will spend this last weekend before school starts back at the beach. Many of them will head to one Manatee County ...

At first I thought men had poured cement onto the beach. Protection against an encroaching sea, I figured. The waves had scoured it good, brushing tresses into it. I walked south a ways, shaking my ...

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Second in our summer series featuring the best beaches in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Lined with dunes and Australian pines, Coquina Beach is beautiful white sand beach unblemished ...