Many tourists take home what they think is a Florida treasure but might be surprised to learn that most of the Pink Conch shells and conch meat they buy comes from Jamaica and surrounding Caribbean ...

Loblolly Bay Beach along the north coast of Anegada. Studded with private island resorts and crisscrossed by megayachts, the British Virgin Islands have long been considered the Caribbean playground ...

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.

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 ...

From bedazzled shells to "conch-peting" pros, Key West’s quirky tradition keeps the island’s musical spirit blowing strong ...

The shell of the giant pink queen conch evolved over millions of years into the perfect haven. Now, researchers have probed the mollusk shell’s mysterious inner architecture in such detail that they ...

Many Caribbean people who have enjoyed conch fritters, a nice fresh conch salad or conch stew probably have not made the connection that this meat was harvested from a beautiful conch shell. Conch ...

Listen! You can hear the sounds of the ocean, but is it getting quieter? Last week while snorkeling in Roatan, Hondoruas, I came face to face with a Conch. Not a shiny shell in a gift shop, but a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... KEY WEST, fla. — A Colorado man, competing in his late father’s honor, won the men’s division of the 52nd annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest on Saturday ...

Agate (SAZABY LEAGUE A&S Company Ltd.) will be releasing new jewelry pieces starting from April 9th. [Expressing the Pink Lagoon with Conch Shells] Conch shells, with their eye-catching soft pink ...

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- A 76-year-old Maryland sailing enthusiast won the men's division of the 51st annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in Key West on Saturday. Bill Ochse of Ocean City impressed the ...