Serve up a taste of the islands with these deep-fried conch fritters that are studded with aromatic veggies. Serve them hot ...

But the Trinidad-born author, 57, surprised even herself with her latest, “The Mermaid of Black Conch.” It came to her in a rush, she says, inspired by the legend of Aycayia, or “Sweet Voice ...

THE MERMAID OF BLACK CONCH, by Monique Roffey Off the shores of Black Conch, an imagined island in the Caribbean, in 1976, two American white men and a crew of Black island sailors hook a mermaid ...

“The Mermaid of the Black Conch” is a uniquely Caribbean novel with all the hallmarks of the genre presented in different manners. Roffey moves between a general narrator, David’s thickly ...

protective shells, and acrobatic leaping to evade deadly predators. Snails with the largest eyes are keeping a lookout for predators, new research suggests. While the basic eyes of most snails look ...

Conch shells, found buried at ancient Pueblo sites in New Mexico, were likely used as communication devices across the arid landscape. James Wainscoat via Unsplash If you were standing on the edge ...

Scientists have unveiled the ancient song of an Ice Age conch shell, believed to be the oldest known wind instrument of its kind. The 18,000-year-old shell lay forgotten in a French museum for 80 ...

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.

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.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Queen conch are mollusks that live in spiral sandy-colored shells with a bright pink or orange interior.