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Archaeologists working in northeastern Spain say a cache of conch shells was not just decorative debris from ancient shorelines but a set of carefully modified instruments that once filled Neolithic ...

Conch shells, found buried at ancient Pueblo sites in New Mexico, were likely used as communication devices across the arid landscape. James Wainscoat via Unsplash If you were standing on the edge of ...

Turks and Caicos turned their love of conch into an annual event. In 2004, the first Conch Festival took place in Blue Hills, a settlement in Providenciales. Since then, this special event continues ...

The cold case involving the death of a Massachusetts woman has been solved more than 20 years later, all thanks to the unlikely DNA found inside the conch shell used to kill her, authorities said.

Queen conch are found in the Caribbean and in the Gulf of Mexico. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Conch fritters and cracked conch are popular ...