Peer into the water at the tide pools along the Sonoma Coast, and you’ll see what appears to be an alien invasion of bright purple, spiky balls the size and shape of hacky sacks. Here, sea urchins ...

When the tide rolls in and the forest canopy begins to thin, coastal foraging tours take on a new kind of magic. Visitors who join these guided adventures along America’s shoreline can hunt for wild ...

I grew up in the Midwest, and it wasn't until my first visit to the California coast as an adult that I truly understood why people would say that one of their favorite things was a long walk on the ...