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If you're a fan of incorporating coastal decor into your home, you'll want to check out this super easy DIY project to make lamps out of conch shells.
For years, a photograph allegedly showing a "giant horse conch" spread on social media. In mid-October 2024, a Facebook user claimed in a post that its shell "can grow up to 2 feet long." ...
Snails with the largest eyes are keeping a lookout for predators, new research suggests. While the basic eyes of most snails look like small black dots, conch snails known as stro ...
The Reyna family from Buffalo found two seashell souvenirs on their recent visit to Southwest Florida.
Conch shells and symbols of the shellfish are everywhere: A giant statue of a conch shell greets tourists at Lynden Pindling International Airport in the capital city of Nassau.
In Hindu mythology, Shankha is also used synonymously with wisdom and spirituality and is referred to as the preserver of ...
KEY WEST — Making music with a conch (pronounced "konk") shell might seem unusual, but several dozen people tried it during the weekend's annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in the Florida Keys ...
The potential loss of conch in the Bahamas reflects the threat overfishing poses around the world to traditional foods.
CWRU researchers report in the June 29 "Nature" that the Queen conch shell (Strombus gigas) contains a natural ceramic plywood-like microarchitecture which scientists can mimic to create load ...
However, one of the local species, the Horse Conch, is the largest shell-making mollusk in the Atlantic Ocean (and Gulf of Mexico), so finding a very large Horse Conch can happen once in a blue moon.
Conch shells and symbols of the shellfish are everywhere: A giant statue of a conch shell greets tourists at Lynden Pindling International Airport in the capital city of Nassau.