Abalone ("sea snails") are a type of marine gastropod mollusk that typically occur in the temperate and tropical seas of New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, North America, and Japan.They vary in ...

White abalone have the bad luck of being known as the most tender and delicious, and in the 1970s they were fished nearly to extinction. Today, diving for wild abalone is prohibited in California.

Abalone once were to California what lobster is to Maine. But we loved them nearly to death. Now scientists are figuring out how to save this endangered sea snail.

Six species — red, white, black, green, pink and flat abalone — are listed by IUCN as critically endangered. The northern abalone, also known as threaded or pinto abalone, is listed as endangered. The ...