We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light sheds light on other, lesser-known ...

Have you ever eaten moon snails? Or neon flying squid? Chances are the answer is no. But some local scientists are hoping ...

Scientists have made some startling discoveries about the ‘teeth’ of one species of marine snail–the limpet. Limpet teeth are used to break down rock so that the sea-going snail can get to the food it ...

Student scientist Annie Thomson, of Burien, is working to help restore a threatened type of sea snail in Puget Sound as part of a summer internship. Thomson is measuring the survival and growth of ...