

Periwinkle Snails
The white shells of the marsh periwinkle snail, Littoraria irrorata, are hard to miss on marsh sediments in winter and on the stems of...


Oysters: Food and Fortress
The most abundant bivalve in southern estuaries is the American, or eastern, oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Its gray shell is easily...


Beachcombing on the Georgia Coast
While I was on Sapelo Island, I learned quite a bit about the fauna living in the surf zone and just off the coast by beachcombing. ...