It just might be time for a beach getaway. We've narrowed our list of the best beaches to visit in North Carolina.

The Appalachian willow fly is just one of hundreds in the stonefly family Taeniopterygidae, that are found across the USA.

Oak Island's west end, known as "The Point," is getting fresh sand thanks to the corps dredging Lockwood Folly Inlet at the Intracoastal Waterway.

The fresh sand will help a section of the town's beach where some oceanfront homes are relying on sandbags to hold back the ...

Opinions up and down the North Carolina coast differ on the reasons behind rising numbers of Atlantic whale deaths, but ...

When the cannery that opened in Marshallberg, a little village in Down East Carteret County, in 1937 ran out of oysters, tomatoes or other crops to can, they turned to canning sea turtles, writes ...

In little more than a 2.5-hour drive from Raleigh, the town of Beaufort lies waiting to be explored. A fascinating and ...