It’s late afternoon on the Sonoma Coast, fog drifting in from the Pacific, and though I can’t see it yet, a Super moon is rising somewhere above the mist. Our small group gathers on a gritty beach, ...

Peer into the water at the tide pools along the Sonoma Coast, and you’ll see what appears to be an alien invasion of bright purple, spiky balls the size and shape of hacky sacks. Here, sea urchins ...

Imagine walking along a quiet shoreline where the tide has slowly slipped away from the land. Pools of seawater remain behind like hidden windows into ocean life. Seaweed sways in the shallows and ...

Six real tide pool spots across Oregon, Washington, and California — plus the timing quirk that makes summer great for two of ...

The first time I visited a tide pool near Los Angeles, I didn’t actually know that’s what I was looking at. “Why are all those people gathering over on those rocks?” I remember wondering. “What are ...