beaches

A Durban doctor, who contracted a deadly flesh-eating bacteria through a cut on his leg while surf-skiing in the ocean, is lucky to be alive and not to have lost the limb.

A bumper crop of chubby harbor seal pups has been coming ashore on rocks and beaches of Seattle in recent weeks.

Aurora Toussaint brings her disabled son to the sun-kissed beaches of this Southern California city almost every day in the summer, knowing that the lifeguards who watch from their towers will be there in seconds should anything go wrong.

A body boarder bled to death Friday at a beach northwest of Los Angeles after a shark mauled his leg, authorities said, prompting officials to close three beaches through the weekend.

Residents in Sunderland are being asked to join the annual national Beachwatch litter survey and clean-up campaign this Saturday.

A human foot washed up on a Washington State island Friday morning - the ninth severed foot to be found on Pacific Northwest beaches since 2007.

The donkey screamed in fear as it circled over holidaymakers. Beachgoers got a shock when they saw a donkey soaring in the blue skies over the balmy beaches on the Sea of Azov in southern Russia last week.

Debbie Gunnoe wanted to work as a volunteer cleaning tar balls and oil from the sugar white beaches of Florida Panhandle that she loves so much, but she's been rebuffed.

The remains of the 3 1/2-foot turtle were discovered by beachgoers strolling the beach Tuesday morning.

Piles of plastic rubbish, ranging from thousands of drinks bottles and carrier bags to a joke severed finger and a set of vampire teeth, have been collected in the latest annual survey of beach litter.