Their glowing red hues and iridescent opalescence caress the eye. These colors occur naturally in the medium in which Leah Mata, a Northern Chumash artist, works: the shells of the red abalone, or ...

In 1955, 10-year-old David Thomas started selling red abalone shells from a wagon on a corner of his father’s property in Morro Bay. Thomas estimates that he sold more than 1,000 abalone shells ...

Red abalone mothers from California’s North Coast give their offspring an energy boost when they’re born that helps them better withstand ocean acidification compared to their captive, farmed ...

Full-size red abalone, poached from waters mostly off Northern California, routinely fetch $100 apiece on the black market, wardens say. They worry that allowing the hunt for legal, full-size ...

Their glowing red hues and iridescent opalescence caress the eye. These colors occur naturally in the medium in which Leah Mata, a Northern Chumash artist, works: the shells of the red abalone, or ...

SANTA CRUZ (AP) -- California wildlife officials are recommending the 2018 season for red abalone fishing be shut down due to concerns about declining populations. The Mercury News reports ...

Since its closure in 2020, however, the Cayucos abalone farm has sat empty and mostly untouched since the last day water flowed through the tanks. But there’s a new future on the horizon for the ...