Cape May is well known for its ghost tours and haunted Victorian lore—but you don’t have to wait until Halloween to go searching for ghosts. Visit the beach after sundown, and you might encounter a ...

Laura Joksaite photographed a ghost crab scurrying along the water’s edge alongside a sanderling at Fort Story in Virginia Beach. Ghost crabs have eyes on stalks that allow them to see in all… ...

The tracks a ghost crab leaves along a beach tell much about how it ran in making them. When coursing only at its own selected speed, the crab uses all four legs on each side, and leaves a trail ...

These crabs seen at Hampton Beach have been described as “vicious,” probably because they are fast and have extremely sharp, strong-elongated claws.

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 ...

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 ...

Flamingos, a spicebush swallowtail caterpillar, a large brown water snake and a ghost crab were recently spotted in Hampton Roads and on the Outer Banks.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...