In their natural form, conch pearls are among the rarest pearls in the world. For more than 25 years, all attempts at culturing pearls from the queen conch have been unsuccessful -- until now. For the ...

There has been a major decline in the population of protected queen conchs in the Bahamas’ Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park over the last 20 years. The most recent survey found predominantly older queen ...

KEY WEST — Just crowned the winner of Key West’s annual Conch Blowing Contest on stage with her love down on one knee in front of her, Mary Lou Smith celebrated in the best way she knew how. One loud ...