If you're a fan of shellfish, there's one type, once very popular, that might permanently remain off menus in the future.

Though this seafood was eaten for centuries, it is now known for being rare and difficult to fish. Today, it is among the ...

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 ...

Hunched over a tank inside the Bodega Marine Laboratory, alongside bubbling vats of seaweed and greenhouses filled with algae, Kristin Aquilino coaxed a baby white abalone onto her hand. She held out ...

Robert Louis Stevenson visited the Monterey Peninsula in 1879, and his tour of China Point captured its exotic flavor: “You will come upon a space of open down, a hamlet, a haven among rocks, a world ...

These Northern California abalone divers have bagged their limits and are out of the water again safely. On some "ab" dives, tragic accidents happen. Photo courtesy of Flickr user ingridtaylar They’re ...

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 ...

Some people are serious about shell collecting. John Fatu has a species of abalone named after him. He started collecting shells and sending them to the Smithsonian Institution about 30 years ago.

Tiny as a fingernail, these babies don’t look like much. But there is a lot of hope riding on their progress. These pinto abalone are being raised by the tens of thousands in dozens of 30-gallon tanks ...

It has long been suspected that a small pāua (known as abalone, ormers or ear-shells overseas) found around a remote island chain north of Aotearoa New Zealand differs from all other pāua. Our earlier ...