A tiny, exquisite group of sea creatures rarely seen by humans has made a brief return to San Diego. One of the few people ...

Vibrant purple Janthina sea snails appear on Southern California coast after eight years, indicating warmer offshore waters ...

Known as Janthina, or violet sea snails, these dazzling creatures are typically found drifting far offshore in tropical and ...

Janthina sea snails, a rare tropical species, have been discovered on San Diego beaches for the first time in a decade.

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 La Jolla Shores Association next meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, at its usual meeting place, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Martin Johnson House, 8840 Biological Grade.