ST. ANDREWS BAY, FL (WFMY) -- It’s the sound of conch shells played aloud that’s bringing one small beach community together. A time old tradition that all started with one man and a conch shell.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Every evening at sunset, a unique sound fills the air in Saint Andrews. It’s the call of the conch, a tradition kept alive by Mary Lou Race, affectionately known as the ...

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 ...

Although sea shells of various types have been studied as sources of inspiration for impact-resistant manmade materials, the conch shell is known for being particularly tough. And while the reason for ...

The conch shell is made of the same material as chalk, but unlike the crumbly rock, it's one of the toughest materials out there. If we can understand why it's so tough, we can mimic it to create ...

A large conch shell that had been languishing in a museum for decades has been revealed as the oldest known seashell instrument after archaeologists examined it more closely and realized belatedly ...