On a typical weekday at low tide, Marine Life Refuge Supervisor Amy Stine is busy conducting noisy groups of school children through the fragile ecosystem that is the tide pools at Little Corona Beach ...

The shrieks of delight from the pint-sized explorer were louder than the surf sweeping over the jagged rocks of La Jolla. And it was pure delight. The little guy was enjoying a new world that is only ...

Of all the remarkable things about tide pools, No. 1 on the list has to be this: Each visit offers an opportunity to observe something new. Will an octopus peek out from under a rock? Will warty sea ...

A yellow-edged cadlina, a type of nudibranch or sea slug, is seen laying on the bottom of a tide pool at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve on the San Mateo County coast during an exceptionally low tide on Dec ...

The low tides led to numerous transgressions of what might be termed proper “tide pool protocol" by beachgoing tourists.

Nestled between the unforgiving Pacific Ocean and the rugged rocky shores, tide pools offer a rare place of calm on the Oregon coast. Life teems within the shallow pools, accessible only at low tide, ...

Very low tides, along with increasingly early sunrises, are expected on the North Olympic Peninsula beginning Monday. It all adds up to a week of opportunity for tide-poolers. Spring minus tides — ...

California’s tide pools are under assault from the warming planet, but the fragile ecosystems are getting a boost in San Diego Bay, thanks to the Port of San Diego. “We need to be thinking about ...