Abalone once were to California what lobster is to Maine. But we loved them nearly to death. Now scientists are figuring out how to save this endangered sea snail.

For thousands of years, people have collected oysters for their pearls, no matter their color. Have you ever wondered where ...

The abalone is quickly shucked (shell removed) and cooked right there in the car park. Among the successful fishermen is the barrel-chested Kees Meeuws, a former rugby legend for the New Zealand ...

Biologists have discovered a new species of paua mollusk (also known as abalone) off New Zealand.

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Precious Abalone, A Rare Pearl-Producing Snail, Just Got A New Species The abalones of the world have some curious tricks up their shells.

The benefits to the color of shell, feet and lip color of adding dried macroalgae to the diets of farmed greenlip abalone (Haliotis Laevigata) was evaluated in their latest study published in the ...

It has long been suspected that a small pāua (known as abalone, ormers or ear-shells overseas) found around a remote island chain north of Aotearoa New Zealand differs from all other pāua.

PhD candidate Kerry Walton holds shells from each of the three paua/abalone species from mainland New Zealand. The smallest of the shells, an adult Haliotis virginea (virgin paua), was the focus ...