California Tide Pool

The final stop on our journey of marine exploration takes us to the California Tide Pool. Roll up your sleeves and prepare to get wet as you to touch and feel a variety of creatures such as sea stars and sea urchins.

Sea Stars


Sea stars, also known as starfish, are named after their shape. Sea stars can be found in oceans all around the world ranging from cold ocean floors to tropical habitats. These invertebrate "have bony, calcified skin, which protects them from most predators, and many wear striking colors that camouflage them or scare off potential attackers." Sea stars have the special capability to regrow limbs and even entire bodies. Sea stars feed on clams and oysters that they force open with their suction-cupped tube feet and ingest their prey outside their bodies.