Whenever I take my family on a trip to a new state, we always try to visit the local aquarium, and I bet a lot of other families do the same. It’s exciting to see the different types of marine ...

While traveling with kids can be a logistical challenge, it's totally worth it: there's nothing quite as magical as seeing ...

Carmel takes its beauty seriously – there are no neon signs, no streetlights, and no high heels allowed without a permit. Yes, that’s a real law (though rarely enforced these days). When the fog rolls ...

Pismo Beach is that laid-back friend who’s always ready for a good time but never makes a big fuss about it. This classic California beach town stretches along a wide, flat beach that seems to go on ...

These largest living bivalve molluscs are cushioned here in a soft white seabed and blanketed by warm, turquoise waters. But the clams -- highly prized for their abductor muscles, mantle and ...

Now three times bigger, with 22 immersive zones, life-sized animatronics, interactive exhibits, and digital projections working together to bring the story of the ocean and its habitats to life ...

Let us commence with our reading, then, so that the best of what the Beehive State has to yield may be brought more clearly to our gaze. Here is your first card—the Eight of Wands. This is a card of ...

Students at Pearl River High School study marine science in a room lined with several saltwater aquariums. During a recent visit to the class, teams of two students each took a fish from their tanks ...

Global pop star and apparent otter-enthusiast Taylor Swift, in the movie that helped launch her “The Life of a Showgirl” album, wore a vintage, otter-themed T-shirt from California’s Monterey Bay ...

Whether in an aquarium or the wild, the Great Pacific octopus is a solitary creature with a short lifespan of three to five ...

A GIANT panda which is already a mother of twins gave birth again Friday in a Madrid zoo, welcoming the tiny new arrival with licks. The mother panda, Hua Zui Ba, delivered the cub at the Zoo Aquarium ...

This story originally appeared in the winter 2025 issue of UC San Diego Magazine as “Making Waves.” This summer, Birch ...