This week’s low midafternoon tides provided excellent beachcombing conditions around lunchtime. I found a variety of treasures, including pen shells, pear whelks, and hundreds of Atlantic cockles.

Jace Tunnell is the Director of Community Engagement for the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

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Mar. 11—Clutching a plastic bag in one hand and the end of my dog's leash in the other, I ambled across the beach, my eyes focused on the ground. Sand, rocks, shards of white clam shells, broken ...