White abalone are so rare that the federal government lists them as in danger of extinction. They are so stressed that they haven't been found breeding in the wild for years.

Monterey resident In 1939 Roy Hattori was diving for abalone off the coast of Point Conception when he first discovered a white abalone. As the first to report a new species, the expectation was ...

aquilino: white abalone are an ideal species to be looking at some of these questions about ocean acidification because they're a deepwater species.

White abalone, with its pearly shell, was once an important food for native people in coastal California. But in the first half of the 1900s, white abalone and other abalone species were decimated ...

Now scientists are trying to help the white abalone population recover, and they've created special tanks designed to promote abalone reproduction. The sea snail has long been a gourmet favorite ...

Endangered Species Day, which will take place Friday and Saturday, May 19-20, will kick off with the grand opening of a new exhibit focused on white abalone, one of the most endangered species on ...

Endangered Species Day, which will take place Friday and Saturday, May 19-20, will kick off with the grand opening of a new exhibit focused on white abalone, one of the most endangered species on ...

White abalone, with its pearly shell, was once an important food for native people in coastal California. But in the first half of the 1900s, white abalone and other abalone species were decimated ...