The July 7 report from Environment America Research and Policy Center found that 61% of tested beaches nationwide had ...

The primo sea-critter exploring conditions can reveal not only the tasty shellfish, but also starfish, anemones, crabs, sea ...

A new report reveals contaminated beach conditions in Washington, raising health concerns for summer visitors.

On July 4, tens of thousands descend on the Long Beach Peninsula. The crowds and leftover garbage have spurred some peninsula residents to say enough is enough.

It’s a Godless 90 degrees. You’ve escaped the inferno of your non-airconditioned apartment and high-tailed it to Madison ...

A Seattle teen was hospitalized Tuesday night after being submerged in the water for several minutes in Lake Washington, alarming Kirkland officials and beachgoers.

A seaside escape is always a popular summer activity, particularly for Fourth of July festivities, but with potentially harmful bacteria in various bodies of water, some beaches could be closed this ...

An 18-year-old man was hospitalized following a near drowning incident in Lake Washington, officials reported on Tuesday ...

The cost and need for fresh injections of sand is growing thanks to climate change even as funding for the beach-building projects grows more tenuous.

In this Saturday, Oct, 31, 2011, photo, Bela Kovacs talks about a custom machine that separates gold from beach sand during a beach mining demonstration at Boone Creek on Roosevelt Beach, Wash.

— -- A harbor seal pup was recently euthanized by wildlife officials in Washington state after it was carried off a beach by a woman who mistakenly thought the seal had been abandoned ...