Pristine white sand dollars have long been the souvenir to commemorate a successful day at the beach. But most people who pick them up don’t realize that they’ve collected the skeleton of an animal, ...

The sand dollar is an unlikely architectural muse. It is hard, often misshapen, and relatively flat, all of which makes it just about the last thing you’d model a building after. Yet designers and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

PORT ARANSAS -- When I was a young child, every trip to Galveston or Rockport ended in the same way: arriving home in Dallas with a sunburn on my shoulders, tar smudges on my feet and colorful plastic ...

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The bright white sand dollars prized by Outer Banks beachcombers and coveted by craft makers were once masters of their sea-bottom habitat. The elements that make a sand dollar so attractive served ...

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WTVD) -- As summer winds down, there is a hidden gem on the North Carolina coast you may want to add to your list if you are trying to squeeze out one more trip to the beach. A ...

Throughout the summer I have continually been asked when and where can we find sand dollars? Also, I have had as many people come in and happily tell me that they found sand dollars on the beach for ...

A great option for those who don't want to work up a sweat on the trails but want to experience Big Sur's beauty from outside the car is Sand Dollar Beach. Located about 7 miles south of Limekiln ...

Scientists were stumped in mid-August 2021 when thousands of sand dollars — small marine animals found around the world — mysteriously washed ashore along the northern Oregon coast. “It appears that ...