A student was enjoying a sunset stroll on a beach in La Jolla, California, when she came across something very rare.

Oceanographer Anya Stajner was enjoying a sunset walk along the La Jolla Shores beach when a vibrant violet pop of color ...

Rare Janthina sea snails, known for their violet shells, have washed ashore on a San Diego beach. Typically found in tropical ...

She said the snails, which are kept afloat by a raft of air bubbles, may have been carried here in late June, when ocean ...

Beachgoers in San Diego may have spotted some glistening, purple shells reminiscent of small gemstones in the sand recently.

Rare violet sea snails, Janthina, have appeared on La Jolla Shores, the first time in ten years they appear on the San Diego coast.

The Janthina sea snail is an interesting little animal that makes "bubble rafts" and floats around on the ocean's surface.

The organisms died in the lab. Stajner left May 1 on an eight-day expedition to sample velella at multiple points along the Santa Lucia Bank and Escarpment in the Channel Islands, with the goal of ...

Velellas velellas are passive and travel where the wind takes them. Stajner refers to them as zooplankton that are so nice they were named twice. Originally Published: April 19, 2023 at 7:46 PM PDT ...

Anya Stajner, a biological oceanographer at UC San Diego, recently discovered roughly 10 janthina, the Latin name for purple sea snails, about the size of a small marble.

Anya Stajner, a biological oceanographer at UC San Diego, recently discovered roughly 10 janthina, the Latin name for purple sea snails, about the size of a small marble.