Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback ...

A snorkeler in Australia found a shell tagged with a strangely specific number, kickstarting an online mystery about its origins. Reading time 2 minutes When Elisha Tess Blott found a mysterious shell ...

For generations, wild abalone fed communities along the Pacific coast, from California to Alaska. Indigenous peoples from over twenty tribes, including the Chumash, Tongva, and Ohlone, gathered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The abalone is critically endangered due to overfishing and black market seafood sales. The random find occurred along the ...

An abalone shell is made of thousands of layers of "tiles" made of calcium carbonate (more commonly known as chalk). A key to the strength of the abalone shell is a protein adhesive that binds to the ...

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Reg Wydeven is a partner with the Appleton-based law firm of McCarty Law LLP. He writes a weekly column for The Post-Crescent ...