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 ...

In 2011, as a result of a Center lawsuit, the agency announced protection for 140 square miles of critical habitat for the species. Scientists agree that the black abalone is withering toward ...

A routine traffic stop in Sonoma County turned out to be anything but, as police found methamphetamine, about three dozen ...

A probation search of a driver and his vehicle in Windsor on Wednesday uncovered dozens of illegally harvested red abalone along with methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, police ...

The recreational fishery for red abalone, which at one time was estimated ... specific biological traits like reproductive rate, habitat range, and susceptibility to ocean acidification.

A Windsor police deputy arrested two Santa Rosa residents late Monday night after discovering methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and illegally harvested abalone in their vehicle, authorities ...