ALTHOUGH many people relax on beaches between Atlantic City and Rio de Janeiro, and although these sandy coasts are densely populated by ghost crabs, meetings of man and ghost are not especially ...

Walking along the beach at night with a flashlight might reveal luminescent dots peeking out above the sand. They could in fact be the eyes of ghost crabs, small nocturnal crustaceans that burrow ...

When the sun sets and the beach quiets, tiny, skittering spectral creatures begin to peek out of their sandy burrows. Locals know and love the ghost crabs, and a favorite pastime of Carolina beach ...