Aerial view of Cape Lookout. Stay at the Atlantis, a vintage 1960s lodge in Pine Knoll Shores with ocean-view rooms and complimentary beach chairs. See the wild horses on Cape Lookout National ...

Coastal geologist Stanley R. Riggs has spent more than six decades studying North Carolina’s barrier islands, documenting how they shift and evolve as living systems shaped by wind, waves and storms.

Explore a tiny North Carolina beach town that feels made for family time. A short drive from the mainland hustle, Emerald ...

Tucked away at the southernmost tip of North Carolina's coastline, Sunset Beach remains one of those rare places where time seems to slow down and the rush of modern life fades into the background.

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More black bears live in North Carolina's coastal plain than in its mountains. Coastal North Carolina is home to some of the world's largest black bears due to ample food and protected habitats. A ...

When Stacy Morgan and her husband, Brandon Dodick, bought their beach house in Buxton, North Carolina, in May, they imagined one day spending their retirement there. Five months later, the house was ...