Raw bars don't begin and end with oysters and shrimp cocktail. No one is complaining about the classics, but there are ...

What is an abalone? Abalone is an umbrella term for a group of marine snails, only they don’t look like your typical snail because they have a flattened spiral shell. Their other common name is ...

Winners of this year’s event will take home a trophy that pays homage to the native tribes that called this coastal area home ...

Smoke billowed from an abalone shell cupped in Travis Schuyler's hands, burning sage as he walked from the dance circle at this year's Powwow in the D. The ceremonial act of burning sage, offered ...

We were given a behind-the-scenes look at the daily tasks assigned to the aquarists of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell ...

Inspired by the material that makes up oyster and abalone shells, engineers have created a new cement composite that is 17 times more crack-resistant than standard cement and 19 times more able to ...

This new, more crack-resistant concrete was inspired by the material that makes up abalone and oyster shells, the researchers explain.

The shells hold cultural importance and are sought after by artists and crafters — but finding them can be difficult ...

In 1955, 10-year-old David Thomas started selling red abalone shells from a wagon on a corner of his father’s property in Morro Bay. Thomas estimates that he sold more than 1,000 abalone shells ...

Abalone has a long history in California, but the sea snail is in short supply today. One of the state’s last commercial abalone farms is in Monterey.