In Myrtle Beach, spending time at the beach usually means swimming in the ocean, laying in the sun or fishing. But if you know the right place, you can also hang out at tide pools. Tide pools in the ...

King tides are a natural, predictable phenomenon that lets scientists and everyday marine enthusiasts marvel at the changing ...

Hitting the beach in the summer is a given, but winter? Why not, since it offers low tides and fewer crowds, which make a perfect combination for tide pooling. While you might balk at diving in frigid ...

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 volunteer docents who organized a year ago to patrol Laguna Beach’s tide pools had expected to find visitors trying to snatch aquatic souvenirs for home aquariums and bathroom decor. They didn’t ...

Heavy clouds covered the sky during the morning low tide, casting Harris Beach in a pall of gray. Dark rocks rose out of the dark brown sand, as the receding water lapped quietly against the shore.

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 — ...

Winter can be a good time to visit a Marin beach. In addition to miles of sand, Marin also features some excellent tide pools where creatures that live in the tidal zone can be observed. Duxbury Reef ...

SEATTLE — Beachcombers rejoice! Some of the lowest tides of the year are happening in the Puget Sound region this week. The low tide reached around -3.7 feet just before 12:30 p.m. Monday, revealing a ...

Kasey Eunice hops from wet rock to wet rock, making his way along the slippery landscape of a local tide pool. The world he explains is as teeming as it is vibrant. Purple sea urchins sway with the ...

Low tide reveals an entire world of intertidal-zone life, sea stars, undulating anemones and tiny, colorful nudibranchs living in the rocky pools near shore. So check the tide charts, grab shoes that ...