The research team is careful to distinguish landward migration of a barrier island from the retreat of its shoreline. “We find that large-scale loss of back-barrier saltmarsh area is specific to ...

Scientists still do not understand why some species have failed to cross this barrier, even though others have done so to a lesser extent.

Building on a barrier island can also limit the island’s usefulness in protecting the mainland coast from powerful storms as well as eliminate important ecosystems, such as dunes and salt marshes.

The US Coast Guard was running evacuations by boat from Sanibel and Pine islands, which were disconnected from the peninsula after the superstorm wiped out a section of the sole bridge.

Moving at the speed of flip-flops, we walked the third-of-a-mile from the ferry dock to the beach at Ship Island in about 10 minutes.

Hurricane Ian destroyed a major chunk of the Sanibel Causeway when it slammed into Florida's west coast Wednesday, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,400 people normally live.

The study area extends along the barrier coast of the Mississippi River delta plain from Raccoon Point (western Isles Dernieres) to Hewes Point (northern Chandeleur Island). Four barrier systems ...

There is one exception to this, however: there is one species of eucalyptus that thrives on the Philippine island of Mindanao. Why don't animals cross the Wallace line?