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 ...

Engineering researchers at the University of California, San Diego are using the shell of a seaweed-eating snail as a guide in the development of a new generation of bullet-stopping armor. The ...

"It's just really exciting," one leader said of the groundbreaking plan to reunite ytt Tribe with its ancestral land.

Robert Louis Stevenson visited the Monterey Peninsula in 1879, and his tour of China Point captured its exotic flavor: “You will come upon a space of open down, a hamlet, a haven among rocks, a world ...

A mixed diet including native algae gives Australia's prized cultured abalone the colors and appearance preferred by lucrative Asian markets, new research shows. The study is part of South Australian ...

Marine protected areas or marine reserves (MR) have the potential to rebuild depleted populations 1, increase fisheries yields through adult 2 and larvae spillover 3,4, protect biodiversity 5, empower ...

BOSTON (CBS) - A materials chemist who is discovering the wonders of abalone shells wins Lemelson MIT prize. Dr. Angela Belcher says she's merging organic and inorganic materials in new ways. "If an ...

Black abalone once carpeted the rocky shores of California by the millions. The large, long-lived sea snails sustained ...