Scientists have identified a group of genes that control the formation of shapes and color patterns on the shell of the tropical marine mollusk referred to as "abalone." A study published in the ...

Scientists have found the genes responsible for the spectacular kaleidoscope of shapes, patterns and colours that are the hallmark of tropical abalone, edible marine snails found in Australia's ...

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 pāua, and they can ...

Jewelers may prize abalone shells for their mother-of-pearl, but scientists have long been equally enchanted by the shell’s strength. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have ...

If any shell wins the prize for UFO look-alike, it’s abalone. Shaped like a flattened flying saucer, it comes complete with a line of portholes rimming one edge, and spiral lines that swirl to ...

Eventually the baby abalone starts growing a shell and finds a surface to attach to. Within 10 months, when it reaches the size of a penny, it is relocated to a growing cage under the Monterey wharf.

In 2001 the white abalone was listed as an endangered species, however Dr. Rogers-Bennett and co-lead researcher Ian Taniguchi were part of a team of divers collecting wild white abalone for ...

However, he still felt the pull of the sea and began to do scrimshaw in abalone shells. In the late 19th century, abalone were found in huge numbers on the central coast, especially in the ocean ...

Abalone are desired for their quality meat and mesmerizing shells, but populations are dwindling due to human demand. Learn more about the sea snails.