Media Highlights
Can the Long Lost Abalone Make a Comeback?
Scientists strive to bring back the endangered sea snail
Rosanna Xia – Los Angeles Times – November 7, 2019
“Aquilino held up the abalone and looked square into its beady-eyed face.’ You,’ she said, ‘are the future of your species.’”
Behind this locked door is the white abalone’s best chance of avoiding extinction
NPR Morning Edition – Chad Campbell
July 29, 2022
“If we can keep putting animals in the same site four times a year or so for five or six years, the hope is we can create those self-sustaining populations.”
Saving White Abalone with UC Davis Project Scientist Kristin Aquilino
UC Davis College of Biological Sciences – Greg Watry
November 18, 2018
Learn more about the white abalone captive breeding program with former program director Dr. Kristin Aquilino
White Abalone Captive Breeding Program 