Jason Tuley stands in the middle of a sun-drenched farm field on an early Saturday morning in Los Olivos, Calif., holding a fat, dappled squash in one hand and a long, red noodle bean in the other. He ...

There are hundreds of varieties of seafood out there, and many of us prefer some kinds over others, but there's one item that ...

MENDOCINO, CALIF. — Shaun Stratton pulled on his wetsuit, grabbed his inner tube and headed to the beach to take part in one of California’s riskiest pastimes: hunting for abalone. It’s not that ...

Krristin Aquilino, who leads the white abalone captive breeding program at Bodega Marine Laboratory, looks at young white abalone clinging to a piece of dulse in the lab. (Gregory Urquiaga, UC Davis) ...

They’re not cute and furry with shiny golden eyes like California’s similarly endangered mountain lions, but they are very tasty, good for the ecosystem and quickly approaching extinction. Scientists ...

Sara Boles of UC Davis’ Bodega Marine Laboratory gives an ultrasound to an abalone as part of efforts to help abalone more successfully spawn for aquaculture and conservation. (Jackson Gross/UC Davis) ...

Way out at the very end of the Municipal Wharf in Monterey, Art Seavey descends through a trapdoor, walks on a handmade network of slippery wooden planks and pulls a rope to hoist a dripping wire cage ...

SYDNEY, Australia --Repurposing a crusty cargo ship that once ferried bulk items from scrap metal to logs, South Australia's Peter Wahlqvist is betting on a new commodity: high-value green lip abalone ...

The earrings are only a couple of inches long, but the masterfully carved salmon look like they’ve leaped from the water to whisper in the wearer’s ear. Their glowing red hues and iridescent ...

In a historic race against extinction for one species, the white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) was given a second chance at survival. In an exciting and groundbreaking conservation project, 3,200 of ...

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 ...

The shot the photojournalist was seeking was one of a gleaming lighthouse set against the dark night sky in a sleepy South African village. Capturing the image, though, meant passing through an agape ...