Known as sand piranhas, Excirolana chiltoni are tiny crustaceans that nibble at your feet – and draw blood – if you hang out on the wet sand at the beach. They live on the Pacific coast of the U.S.

A 35-year-old woman faces charges after authorities say her toddler wandered a neighborhood alone and was found eating sand on someone's porch. Police in East Ridge, Tennessee, arrested Britnie Alaine ...

What can you see at the beach? Sunsets, crashing waves, shells, sea turtles… and fleas. And some of these sand fleas aren’t so harmless; outside of the U.S., one such insect is responsible for disease ...