It uses artificial intelligence and a vessel tracking system called the Automatic Identification System to identify dredging vessels and map sand mining across the planet. UNEP adopted a ...

Ninety miles from the sea, bone white against the muddy black banks of the Alabama River, the sand dollar stands out. The distinctive, petal-like pattern on its surface is perfect and unmistakable ...

Bruce Neill, executive director of the Sanibel Sea School, has been heading a five-year sand dollar study since 2014. He believes the sand dollars showing up dead on beaches could be due to a ...