From Tidepools to Tracking, Our Favorite Events of 2025
As the events program expanded this year, we got out all over the Bay Area, bringing Bay Nature stories to life.
Tag: tidepools
The Secret Lives of Baby Tidepool Creatures
Imagine if your offspring were unrecognizable as the same species, and lived in a completely different habitat. This is the case for most tidepool creatures: barnacles, sea stars, urchins and...
King Tides Offer a Glimpse into the Future of Sea-Level Rise
King tides over 7 feet are coming to the Bay Area Jan. 21-22, 2023—and lucky for us, they’re happening at a reasonable time to go out and see them. Here’s...
This Winter, Get Your Hands Dirty: Stewardship Volunteer Opportunities
Want to do more outdoors than play? The Bay Area is rich with protected habitat that needs tending. Discover your community and get outside while doing good. Reach out to...
Packed at Pillar Point
Huge crowds are harvesting mussels and other invertebrates. Could this damage the much-beloved reef?
Do Sea Anemones Live Forever?
As long as they aren't poisoned or eaten, sea anemones just keep on keeping on. But how?
The Smallest Stars Have Gone Out
More than 20 species of sea star suffered in a disease outbreak that started in 2013. But in many places in the Bay Area, one small star hasn't returned.
They Can’t Stand Air or Rain. They Live Exposed to Both. How do Tidepool Creatures Survive?
Although the world’s oceans cover approximately 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, most humans interact with only the narrow strip that runs up onto land. This bit of real estate...
Voracious Flowers of the Tidepool
Some of the most conspicuous animals in Northern California tidepools don’t look like animals at all. They resemble flowers more than any animal you’re probably familiar with.
Meet A Beach Worm That Builds Sand Castles
Phragmatopoma californica breathes over its entire body, poops from near its mouth, and reproduces with other worms despite living inside a tube.
