It’s an aptly fitting name for a group that includes sea urchins, sand dollars, sea stars and sea cucumbers. But Mooi said sand dollars really have his heart, in part because of their incredible ...

Sea creatures typically under water and hidden in the sand have been on full display in recent days after a spell of big surf and extreme winter tides churned up the shoreline. A few days ago in ...

Taking live sand dollars home from a South Carolina beach could cost you a heavy fine. ... They're a type of sea urchin in a class called Echinoids, or spiny skinned creatures.

Sand Dollars are a type of burrowing sea urchin that live just beneath the sandy seafloor. They use tiny, hair-like spines to move and feed on organic particles in the water.

Sand dollars are an echinoderm in the same family as sea stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers. All echinoderms are radially symmetrical (round) and have their mouth on the ventral side (underneath).

Taking home a live sand dollar from a South Carolina beach is illegal. On Hilton Head Island, ... They're a type of sea urchin in a class called Echinoids, or spiny skinned creatures.

Roaming south toward Corn Hill, with my two brothers Erik and Bjorn, we were happy to find a spiny sea urchin or sand dollar or two, the latter devoid of their original tiny spines.

A litany of negative environmental pressures have had little to no effect on sand dollars and heart urchins in the Florida Keys, a new study shows. Scientists arrived at this unexpected conclusion ...