Archaeologists in France have accomplished a stunning feat related to an astonishing conch shell. Originally discovered in 1931, the conch shell was first thought to be nothing more than a mere ...

A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now thought to be the oldest known seashell instrument — and it still works, producing a deep, plaintive bleat, like a foghorn from the ...

They were once even bigger: Historic Florida photographs show tourists lugging horse conch shells half the length of a small child. Those sizes aren’t seen anymore, prompting researchers to ask why.

Previous efforts to culture queen conch pearls were unsuccessful, probably because of the animal's sensitivity to traditional pearl seeding techniques and its complex shell. The spiral shape of ...

As a natural biocomposite, Strombus gigas, commonly known as the giant pink queen conch shell, exhibits outstanding mechanical properties, especially a high fracture toughness. It is known that ...

The city on Sunday witnessed the spectacle of the first ever 'Conch Shell Blowing Contest' organized at Daraganj where the participants tried their best to literally blow away the competition.