The public has the right to walk on even private beaches on the wet sand below high tide in most states - but not Maine.

The public has the right to walk on even private beaches on the wet sand below high tide in most coastal states – but not in Massachusetts.

Off the east coast of China, researchers discovered an unusual spiky creature feeding on a jellyfish-like species called a hydroid. In recent years, similar specimens were recorded in that region of ...

A public intertidal zone would create public land, albeit ephemeral and sometimes slim and still only accessible by existing public beaches, along every bit of the Massachusetts shore.

Tide pools are found in the intertidal zone, a unique marine ecosystem that serves as a habitat for myriad plants and animals. They can be nurseries for certain fish species — and lobsters! — and also ...

Rockweed can be found in Maine’s intertidal zones, the land between the high- and low-tide marks. It supports shorebirds who feed on the water and more than 30 different kinds of fish, she said.

Scientists have developed a method to map sandy beach intertidal zones with unprecedented accuracy using satellite data. This innovative approach allows for precise measurements of coastlines that ...

The new species was discovered in the intertidal zone of the Yellow Sea off the coast of Qingdao, China, according to a study. Photo by Igor Sporynin via Unsplash Off the east coast of China ...

In the rocky intertidal zones along the coast of Taiwan, a five-armed creature scuttles along the seafloor. Its brown, green and black body blends in with the colorful rocks as it glides across ...

Marine organisms are slowly moving into new hexagon-shaped panels in East Boston designed to bring life to a harsh and barren seawall.