Mike Couffer’s body floats with the motion of the ocean, his eyes peering through his face mask at the rocky tide pools beneath the chilly water’s surface. He uses a flashlight to illuminate the rocks ...

Sharks, red tide and scuba diving: That's enough to keep me from scouring the frigid waters of Northern California for abalone (and I can already hear the cries of gratitude from the wet-suiters who ...

U.S. Park Rangers are asking for the public's help in finding a man last seen leaving Cabrillo National Monument with a live abalone. An upset park visitor spotted the man on Sunday at approximately 2 ...

Marine biologist Nancy Caruso at Table Rock Beach in Laguna. She and a team of volunteers search for signs that the depleted snail-like abalone are reproducing again on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (Photo ...