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) ...

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 ...

Beneath the Municipal Wharf in the coastal community of Monterey, a fascinating experiment in ocean farming has played out for more than three decades. That’s where the Monterey Abalone Company grows ...

Ahead of the recent CITES summit to hash out wildlife trade regulations, South Africa was expected to table a proposal that would have tightened the legal trade in South African abalone, a shellfish ...

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 ...