The Texas Standard is excited to share the Beachchombing Report from Jace Tunnell, Director of Community Engagement for the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. The series can also be found on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.
This week, I received calls from a couple of surfers who had an unusual complaint. Something that looked and felt like fiberglass was covering the beach and poking into their skin.
When I went to investigate, I quickly found the culprit: Sea butterflies. Millions of them…