Picture sparkling blue waters, white sand beaches, sea shells on the shore and you’re thinking it’s a beach in Hawaii, right?

That was the last time the beach was fully renourished with 1.37 million cubic yards of sand pulled out of an offshore ... More: Her work to protect endangered sea turtles is saving Navarre ...

Or even a live sand dollar, which some states ban you from ... The Jersey Shore is home to an array of diverse and striking sea shells. That includes the knobbed whelk, the official state shell ...

A seashell is a hard, protective outer layer created by an animal or organism that lives in the sea, such as snails ...

Like many shells that become homes for other sea creatures, she points out that sand dollars have little passengers. “Turn over a live sand dollar and you might see these tiny, specialized crabs ...

The god of the sea sent a serpent to kill them ... once housed a tiny single-celled marine organism. “Star sand is an empty shell of unicellular microorganisms called Foraminifera ...

Perhaps the most popular and abundant natural souvenirs from Myrtle Beach are seashells ... one of these sea creatures home if it’s already dead. Unlike the souvenir, live sand dollars are ...