Ghost crabs are marching to battle on Galveston Island, helping protect Texas beachgoers from stinging pests. Galveston Island State Park on Thursday posted a video, taken at night, showing a ghost ...

Looks like Portuguese man o' wars have finally met their match. It's that time of the year when the blue and purple jellyfish-like organisms notorious for their painful stings are washing up on ...

Walking along the beach at night with a flashlight might reveal luminescent dots peeking out above the sand. They could in fact be the eyes of ghost crabs, small nocturnal crustaceans that burrow ...

I took this photo while visiting Assateague Island National Seashore in Berlin, Maryland, on June 14. My original plan was to get a good picture of the wild horses, but I didn’t get any I liked. I was ...

When the sun sets and the beach quiets, tiny, skittering spectral creatures begin to peek out of their sandy burrows. Locals know and love the ghost crabs, and a favorite pastime of Carolina beach ...

Ocypode convexa commonly known as the golden ghost crab in endemic to the west coast of Australia. Image supplied: Dr Casper Avenant, Edith Cowan University. Research by Edith Cowan University and the ...