Thousands of coquina clams, tiny jewel-colored bivalves, are blanketing sections of the Texas coast this time of year.

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 ...

The Coquina Shell not only provides housing for the mollusk; it has provided a basis for housing for people since Colonial times. The shells are crushed and mixed with sand and water. It is then ...

Think of the beach. Imagine a sandy shoreline covered with shells. The sun bakes down; rain falls and endless waves pound the shoreline. All this thrashing and crashing of water upon sand eventually ...

A pair of runners heading through the Old Spanish Stone Quarry on Anastasia Island on a recent afternoon entered a nearly silent world of live oaks, lantana and horsemint, heading across a marshy area ...