Beachgoers in San Diego may have spotted some glistening, purple shells reminiscent of small gemstones in the sand recently.

Chances are you have if you live near Monterey Bay, which in the 1920s provided some 75 percent of California’s abalone ...

SDPD increases vehicle habitation enforcement, I-805 freeway embankment transformed, rare violet sea snails wash ashore in SD and more.

Did you know that we know less about the sea than we do about space? With this comic, we explore some of what scientists do ...

Snails may not always be the first creatures that come to mind when thinking of natural beauty, but these shelled gastropods are incredibly diverse and stunning in their own right. Found in a wide ...

Stunning violet sea snails have recently made a surprise appearance along La Jolla Shores, riding in on a warm ocean current.

A tiny, exquisite group of sea creatures rarely seen by humans has made a brief return to San Diego. One of the few people ...

She said the snails, which are kept afloat by a raft of air bubbles, may have been carried here in late June, when ocean ...