The native species, the purple marsh crab, feeds on cordgrass. In recent years, overfishing has depleted the crab’s predators. As purple marsh crab populations have soared, they’ve eaten increasing ...

The mass of plants that comprise a salt marsh go through a life cycle, much as do the animals that live in it. That includes dying off. The grasses turn brown and decay over the winter.

KIAWAH ISLAND — Aaron Given trudged through frigid, ankle-high water as dawn climbed lazily over the eastern horizon, tinting the salt marshes golden-red as it bloomed. The sun offered little ...

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources reports salt marsh habitats among the most ... it gets smaller, it’s ingested by animals, it’s then ingested by us. We are not sure what ...

Editor's note: The Maine Monitor produced this piece for Maine Public as part of the series Sinking in Saltwater, with support from the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines ...

Scheme to protect mile-long shingle beach from effects of climate change may see Hurst Castle isolated by the sea ...