The conservationist was demonstrating how to visit California’s largest exposed shale reef without injuring any of the over 200 different species that thrive in its tide pools. That includes ...

referred to as “The crown jewel of the California State Park System.” The tide pools along its rocky shore are alive with anemones, urchins, mussels and other creatures. In Pacific Grove ...

Sarah Ann Thompson, a marine biologist from the Farallon Institute in Petaluma, California, is guiding me over the rugged rocks and through the tide pools of Bodega Head's Mussel Point ...