Pinto abalone are part of the kelp forest ecosystem, a sensitive habitat that has been disrupted from its natural state by human activities for hundreds of years, beginning with the near-extirpation ...

Three years after Center petitioned for federal protection of the black abalone, in January 2009 the National Marine Fisheries Service declared the species officially endangered under the Endangered ...

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.

he assumed it had been taken from its habitat during their travels. According to the news release, the man told law ...