Intertidal areas like the Wadden Sea play a significant role in the life cycle of sharks and rays, researchers from the University of Groningen and the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research concluded in a study published in the scientific journal Fish and Fisheries this week. Previous studies of these areas focused mostly on birds, but the Groningen researchers found that …
What do you get where sand and sea water, wind and sunlight all come together? Coasts consist of three distinct areas: the sea, which is all water; land, above the high tide mark; and, finally, the intertidal zone, which is water at high tide and land at low. Small octopi — some only a foot long — that appear sometimes …
Do marine animals have superpowers? If you look at the intertidal zone—where the ocean meets the land between high and low tides—through Sejal Mehta’s new book, Super Powers On The Shore, you might actually be convinced that they do. Mehta, a journalist and editor, has brought her experiences and observations from tide-pooling trails and walks along different intertidal zones in …
