Jason Tuley stands in the middle of a sun-drenched farm field on an early Saturday morning in Los Olivos, Calif., holding a fat, dappled squash in one hand and a long, red noodle bean in the other. He ...

The California Fish and Game Commission has extended the ban on abalone harvesting in Northern California until 2036 due to declining red abalone populations and environmental challenges.

By Victoria Schneider Amid negotiations last week on wildlife trade regulations by delegates from around the world, one item ...

Krristin Aquilino, who leads the white abalone captive breeding program at Bodega Marine Laboratory, looks at young white abalone clinging to a piece of dulse in the lab. (Gregory Urquiaga, UC Davis) ...

They’re not cute and furry with shiny golden eyes like California’s similarly endangered mountain lions, but they are very tasty, good for the ecosystem and quickly approaching extinction. Scientists ...

My job is to write about the wonders and challenges of our coast and oceans, but I’ll admit: Before this story, I had no idea what an abalone looked like. They had vanished from the Southern ...

LONG BEACH – Six white abalone stewed in six white buckets, each submerged in a chemical bath that was supposed to prompt them to spawn. Fewer than 1,000 of these slow-moving, cream-colored sea snails ...

The Bodega Marine Laboratory’s white abalone program has millions of new additions following its most successful spawning ever at the University of California, Davis, facility. Three out of nine ...

Illegal trade has devastated populations, fuelled organised crime, and deepened poverty in coastal communities, while law ...

1. Pick up the abalone. This may require prying the abalone from its hold, and using a stainless steel putty knife is recommended. But let's back up for a minute, because maybe you're wondering, What ...

Kristin Aquilino stands outside a locked black door that has a sign that reads, "Authorized Personnel Only." "You're about to enter a room that has more white abalone than exist in the ocean, which is ...

In a historic race against extinction for one species, the white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) was given a second chance at survival. In an exciting and groundbreaking conservation project, 3,200 of ...