Halfway up California’s coastline, where the Pacific Ocean curves into a protected bay, there’s a town that seems to exist in its own time zone. Morro Bay greets visitors with a 576-foot volcanic ...

This unassuming coastal gem offers everything you’d want from a California seaside town without the elbow-to-elbow crowds that plague its more famous counterparts to the south. Noyo Harbor isn’t just ...

Meet some of the most bizarre animals you've ever seen. You'd think they came from another planet, but they're just really ...

From corn mazes to haunted houses, the spooky season is in full swing. Jack-o-lanterns, ghouls and goblins are around every corner, but the scariest creatures of all might be thousands of feet below ...

In the shadowy depths of the ocean lives a ribbon-like giant crowned with a fiery red crest — long mistaken for a sea monster ...

During a standard school renovation in Los Angeles, workers uncovered a stunning snapshot of prehistoric ocean life, a ...

These types of changes are "going to affect us, because we rely on the ocean for our air, our food, our climate regulation.” ...

On a spit of sand 12 miles north of Santa Cruz, a small, emaciated sea lion lay on its side. The only sign of life was the deep press of its flippers against its belly, relaxing fo ...

Hidden along California’s coast, this village offers solitude, charm, and ocean vistas locals don’t want to share.

In the shadowy depths of the ocean, sharks, rays, and ghostly chimaeras face a growing peril from the rise of deep-sea mining ...

Scientists discover a new species of Dumbo octopus in the Pacific, Grimpoteuthis feitiana, inspired by the flying figures of ...

According to Cook, only a handful of confirmed sightings of the deep-sea species, which is also known as the blob octopus, ...