SAN PEDRO (CBSLA) — Forty-five people face charges for overharvesting mussels, turban snails, sea urchin and other wildlife from fragile tide pools at White Point Beach in San Pedro, Los Angeles City ...

Black turban snails are small marine snails that make tasty prey for crabs. Failed crab attacks leave scars on a snail’s shell. By analyzing the rate of scarring and the size of the snail when it was ...

High Country News’ twice weekly email newsletter includes our latest on-the-ground reporting and investigations from across the West. Scientists have known that by studying these scars they can glean ...

The average size of marine snails and limpets along the Southern California coast has declined significantly over the past century and collection by humans appears to be the culprit, according to a ...