A group drew the attention of wildlife officers. Authorities make startling discovery after observing strange behavior in ...

How do you save a struggling sea species on the brink of extinction? When it comes to endangered white abalone, marine scientists are hoping “human helper” efforts will provide the necessary lifeline.

Abalone is one of the most expensive seafood items in the world, but what makes this gastropod so sought-after? These are the ...

Hundreds of sea snails were released off San Diego County’s coast in an effort to save a dying species once prolific to Southern California. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...

Once upon a time, Indigenous people living off the coast of California and Mexico's Baja Peninsula regularly ate white abalone. The area's inhabitants fished for this delicious and nutritious mollusk ...

Nic Rawlence receives funding from the Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund. Hamish G Spencer and Kerry Walton do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

California has 44 state symbols, including a state folk dance, dinosaur and mushroom. But Assemblymember Diane Dixon says we need another — an official state seashell. And she says the shell of the ...

To bring abalone back from the edge of extinction, scientists need to find improved ways of coaxing the snails into reproducing. By Wudan Yan Kristin Aquilino, a scientist at the University of ...

Illegal trade has devastated populations, fuelled organised crime, and deepened poverty in coastal communities, while law enforcement struggles to keep pace ...