“The tide pools and the whole area act as a nursery for the ocean. A lot of species start in the tide pools,” Chartier-Grable said. The opaleye fish, for example, lives its first two years of ...

The Ocean Institute is eager to help people delve deeper into this wonder by leading visitors to the incredible tide pools near the institution. Enjoying a closer look at these life-filled realms ...

With Earth Day approaching, the following question takes on even more importance. We cannot celebrate the ocean’s recovery when in fact the situation has become more severe than ever, despite all ...

The activity revolves around the tiny pools of water left behind in the rocks when the ocean recedes during low tide.

Closer to the ocean, people can see larger animals that have basically gotten stuck in the larger pools when the water receded. They’re waiting for the tide to come back and water to hide them.

Tide pools form in zones of rocky shoreline where ocean and land meet—strips of shore, sometimes only a few yards wide, where everything is covered and uncovered by tides each day.

The warm ocean temperatures that brought a green sea turtle to San Francisco in September and other southern species north of their usual ranges on the Pacific coast have triggered a population ...

Of all the natural beauty surrounding us - from towering, majestic mountains and delicate alpine meadows to rolling prairies and death-defying deserts - the endless ocean is intriguing to the ...

La Jolla’s tide pools were chosen as one of two statewide sites for the June 1 kickoff of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s month-long Snapshot Cal Coast initiative. Despite ...

San Diego County has issued a closure of the seawater a quarter-mile north and south of the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant as a result of a sewage spill. The spill also caused the popular ti… ...

The bizarre life forms of these tide pools are truly enchanting, and in the early 1980s they are said to have inspired Stephen Hillenburg, a marine biology student at Cal Poly Humboldt who went on ...

A 21-year-old Hawaii resident apparently drowned this morning just off the Makapuu tide pools. Honolulu Ocean Safety responded to a 911 call at around 8:40 a.m. about a “swimmer in distress ...