Tide pools (also tidal pools or rock pools) are rocky pools by the ocean that are filled with seawater. Tide pools can either be small and shallow or large and deep. The small ones are usually found ...

It can be called the “squeal of discovery,” says Tacoma Nature Center education program coordinator Brianna Charbonnel. “Like when there’s a Sitka shrimp on the beach, and the kids don’t think it’s ...

The Ocean City Beach Patrol guards the resort’s beaches seven days a week from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. While on duty, they often get questions from beachgoers. The following is our Question of the Week.

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 ...