The world’s abalone are threatened, endangered or otherwise vulnerable in nearly every corner of the planet. While captive breeding efforts are underway for some species, these giant sea snails are ...

White abalone belong to a group of algae-eating marine snails that were once common in California. They once numbered in the millions off the California coast, but now they are endangered. Before the ...

Once so plentiful that commercial fishermen harvested them by the thousands, white abalone have virtually disappeared from the wild. Now researchers are planning to reintroduce some of the imperiled ...

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 ...

There are not many jobs that pay you to lie down for hours, but abalone farming is one of them. To be fair, it is not quite as restful as it sounds. Workers may lie prone on a rolling platform, but ...