Hands-on ocean life at Odysea Aquarium allows visitors to experience the animals. FOX 10's Tom Fergus checks out the Tide Touch Pool.

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — Tide pooling is one of San Diego’s most popular coastal pastimes, especially during king tides when unusually low water levels reveal sea stars, anemones and other marine life. But recent ...

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 ...

Rain was blowing sideways on the rocky shores of the central Oregon coast as Jamie Kish, clad in a rain jacket, leggings, and sandals with rainbow-striped socks, casually waded knee-deep through the ...

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

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.

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 gray skies, ...

King tides at Asilomar State Beach through Feb. 2; visitors urged to protect tide pools ...

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Monterey Bay Aquarium MONTEREY, Calif. -- A wild sea otter that entered the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Great Tide Pool in Monterey gave birth to a pup on Saturday. RELATED: Chicago aquarium takes in ...