A routine traffic stop in Sonoma County turned out to be anything but as police found methamphetamine, about three dozen illegally harvested abalone and a live pond turtle, authorities said.

A routine traffic stop in Sonoma County turned out to be anything but as police found methamphetamine, about three dozen illegally harvested abalone and a live pond turtle, authorities said. The ...

Fertilized eggs hatch into floating larvae that feed on plankton until their shells begin to form. Juvenile abalone then sink to the bottom, where they cling to rocks and crevices with their single, ...

A routine traffic stop in the Sonoma County community of Windsor took a bizarre turn when deputies uncovered methamphetamine, dozens of illegally harvested abalone and a live turtle in a vehicle ...

Highly valued for its edible muscular foot and mother-of-pearl shell, the pinto abalone has declined significantly in recent decades and faces extinction unless it'ss protected — and soon — under the ...

Among wet clothing and tools used for foraging, he found about 35 live abalone, a species that has been off-limits to recreational harvesting in California since 2017. A northwestern pond turtle ...