Jewelers may prize abalone shells for their mother-of-pearl, but scientists have long been equally enchanted by the shell’s strength. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have used a ...

1. Pick up the abalone. This may require prying the abalone from its hold, and using a stainless steel putty knife is recommended. But let's back up for a minute, because maybe you're wondering, What ...

Scientists have found the genes responsible for the spectacular kaleidoscope of shapes, patterns and colours that are the hallmark of tropical abalone, edible marine snails found in Australia's Great ...

The Hawks confiscated abalone worth more than R9 million during a bust in the Western Cape on Thursday. The bust is the second this week, bringing the total value of abalone seized to about R10.2 ...

Sliced top shell abalone on cabbage with lemon and hot sauce. At left is abalone as it appears immediately after being removed from the can. 1 (16-ounce) can top shell, also called abalone-like ...

The abalone shell before excavation from the 100,000 year old, Middle Stone Age-levels at the Blombos Cave in South Africa. Photo by Science/AAAS. Researchers have unearthed two abalone shells from a ...

A bill before the Legislature would select the black abalone as California’s official seashell. Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters ...

LONG BEACH – Six white abalone stewed in six white buckets, each submerged in a chemical bath that was supposed to prompt them to spawn. Fewer than 1,000 of these slow-moving, cream-colored sea snails ...

All 7.3 million of them — not cattle, but the stunning green and bright blue shelled abalone that Asian consumers are scrambling to buy. Australian abalone bred and raised in shallow seawater-flushed ...

The authorities popped him near the docks in Port Angeles. On a March afternoon in 1994, a sleek fishing boat — not-so-subtly named the Abalone Made — came ashore after puttering around Freshwater Bay ...