The Florida horse conch population—one of the world's largest invertebrate animals—is shrinking. Established in 1969 as the Florida state shell with a record length of two feet, it has become symbolic ...

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.

MARATHON, Florida Keys – A conch living underwater in the Florida Keys agreed with groundhog Punxsutawney Phil's prediction of six more weeks of winter. The "mollusk meteorologist" emerged from its ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As everyone knows, on Feb. 2 the nation finds out if winter will stretch on for six more weeks if Punxsutawney Phil, the legendary ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A protected species was on a Key West man’s menu Friday, landing him in jail on a felony charge, state wildlife officers said Tuesday. Burley David Smith turned 67 two days before he ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Pennsylvania’s famed groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, may have competition in Florida. Officials at Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters in Marathon claim a conch can also predict the ...