A routine traffic stop in Sonoma County turned out to be anything but as police found methamphetamine, about three dozen illegally harvested abalone and a live pond turtle, authorities said. The ...

Since the 1960s, Sonoma County’s Sea Ranch has been synonymous with distinctive homes conceptualized by visionary architects. Among them is Abalone Bay, a revitalized three-bedroom with multiple decks ...

MONTEREY — The light under the old wharf is dim, and the sound of barking sea lions fills the salty air. It’s high tide, and water surges around Art Seavey’s feet as he tends to his abalone farm, ...

Tiny as a fingernail, these babies don’t look like much. But there is a lot of hope riding on their progress. These pinto abalone are being raised by the tens of thousands in dozens of 30-gallon tanks ...

An abalone diver died Sunday near Sea Ranch after apparently suffering a medical emergency just minutes after entering the water. The 38-year-old San Francisco man, whose name was not released pending ...

The reuse of aquaculture waste to produce valuable sea cucumber biomass promises to reduce environmental impacts of aquaculture and increase incomes. This study aimed to assess the suitability of ...

The latest list reviews abalone species, a type of mollusc sold as a luxury seafood item, for the first time and found that around 44% of them face extinction. Increasingly severe and frequent marine ...

Nic Rawlence receives funding from the Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund. Hamish G Spencer and Kerry Walton do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

A vibrant sunset is reflected in the San Lorenzo River in downtown Santa Cruz on a recent evening as a Metro bus crosses the Water Street Bridge. Before the names of Santa Cruz and the San Lorenzo ...

MONTEREY — The light under the old wharf is dim, and the sound of barking sea lions fills the salty air. It’s high tide, and water surges around Art Seavey’s feet as he tends to his abalone farm, ...