Tides and Trails

While explaining mole crabs to a man who worried he might be "stepping on baby sea turtles in the sand," I saw small shorebirds...

My latest favorite tidepool creatures: an isopod, a fish, and, wait for it . . . an arachnid. The red velvet mite has been adding vivid...

Have the tidelands been invaded by zombies? I've been seeing pale anemones in tidepools; I’ve also been reading about anemones expelling...

What do a cloud hovering over Haystack, a puffin perched on the rock's upper slope, and a barnacle at its base have in common? The word...

I'm on the hunt for the legendary blue dragon. This stunningly beautiful predator preys on the by-the-wind sailor, Velella velella, which...

Velella by the billions covered beaches today. Indigo streaks stained the sand along the six miles of beach I ran, and the fragrantly...

I have grown addicted to searching for lost groves of giant trees. My new obsession is sketched across my arms and legs in shredded...

My former home of Colorado is a world away, and I'm surrounded by strangeness at the ocean's edge. When I run the beach before the sun...