A trip at low tide to one or our rocky intertidal sites always yields an array of pleasures and some treasures. Maybe I’ll see my favorite bright red hermit crab! Or find an Aristotle’s lantern —the ...

There were multiple entry points into this book. Deep observation, note-making and writing has been my practice when I’ve had any close engagement with a local landscape or the natural world or an ...

I was six years old when I first told my mother that I was going to be a marine biologist. “And you can be my assistant,” I kindly informed her. We were exploring the intertidal zone — that ...

A compilation of field notes made around Chennai’s wetlands, Intertidal by Yuvan Aves is also a deeply insightful lesson in how nature mirrors the human consciousness At its heart, Intertidal is a ...

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China's tidal flats feed people and mollusk-eating migrating shorebirds such as red knots, great knots and Eurasian oystercatchers. Under good management, these flats used for aquaculture markedly ...

Logs are a familiar sight on the beaches along the coast of Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii and are often viewed positively, as they can stabilize the banks, be used for firewood or act as benches by ...

Massachusetts summers arrive with gifts—Red Sox games, maybe some free furniture from Jordan’s, and, of course, days to tan and splash along the shore—but also a particular frustration. Full beaches, ...

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The most beloved cartoon sponge of a generation spent most of his life in a pineapple under the sea, but he was born in a marine biology institute in Dana Point, Calif., in 1989. He was just Bob the ...