The earrings are only a couple of inches long, but the masterfully carved salmon look like they’ve leaped from the water to whisper in the wearer’s ear. Their glowing red hues and iridescent ...

Long before Southern California baby boomers started plucking abalones from jetties for dinner, Native Americans used plate-sized, iridescent shells of the once-common mollusks for trading across the ...

Olivia Young is a writer, fact checker, and green living expert passionate about tiny living, climate advocacy, and all things nature. She holds a degree in Journalism from Ohio University. Abalone ...

Mother-of-pearl looks dainty hanging from a necklace, but this iridescent innard of abalone shells is so tough it can withstand the weight of a truck. Also called nacre, the material has long puzzled ...

Once Common From Alaska to Mexico, Abalone Has Declined 99 Percent in Some Places ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Conservation groups notified the National Marine Fisheries Service today of their intent to sue the ...

Way out at the very end of the Municipal Wharf in Monterey, Art Seavey descends through a trapdoor, walks on a handmade network of slippery wooden planks and pulls a rope to hoist a dripping wire cage ...