2002-05-23 04:00:00 PDT Salt Point, Sonoma County-- Veteran game warden Bob Aldrich, clad in camouflage, crept out onto a bluff near Timber Cove. Aldrich adjusted a tripod-mounted spotting scope. He ...

Olivia Young is a writer, fact checker, and green living expert passionate about tiny living, climate advocacy, and all things nature. She holds a degree in Journalism from Ohio University. Abalone ...

Kristin Aquilino stands outside a locked black door that has a sign that reads, "Authorized Personnel Only." "You're about to enter a room that has more white abalone than exist in the ocean, which is ...

My job is to write about the wonders and challenges of our coast and oceans, but I’ll admit: Before this story, I had no idea what an abalone looked like. They had vanished from the Southern ...

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) ...

California's sea otters and red abalone fisheries both need help -- but what's the best way to protect predators as well as their prey? New research suggests that the answer is separate reserves. "We ...

BIG SUR, Calif.— It’s four in the morning, damp and dark along the central California coast. Huddled around the back of a minivan, five scientists in waders and boots tenderly move 41 black abalone ...