Brevard County’s southern barrier island is one of the least developed areas on Florida’s Atlantic coast. It’s a quaint, still pristine paradise, but all that seemed at risk just a few years ...

As the area enters a severe drought, irrigation practices can worsen the cycle of depleting freshwater in aquifers.

“Barrier islands, particularly on the ocean side, have always been hazardous places for man,” researchers warned in the American Scientist in 1980. “Over the last several decades, however, this ...

MANALAPAN, Fla. — In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, Floridians on the east coast are watching closely the devastation and recovery that's occurring on the west coast's barrier islands. Many people ...

Michael Evanoff, a Sarasota resident since 1997, had lived in his house three years before Hurricane Helene struck Siesta Key ...

Paddleboard alongside dolphins, wander windswept barrier islands, and drift through quiet tidal estuaries.

Virginia’s barrier islands on the Atlantic side of the Eastern Shore are moving — and are about to move faster, providing a clue to how shorelines worldwide will be affected by rising sea levels, a ...

Study finds 657 new barrier islands worldwide. April 22, 2011— -- Islands that suddenly appear may sound like something out of a pirate myth. But a new survey has found hundreds of islands ...

Barrier Island EcoTours (BIET), a locally owned Isle of Palms ecotour company, is hosting its first-ever women’s coastal ...