Florida’s marine life attracts people from all over the world — but what happens if someone gets too comfortable with the state’s natural wonders? Florida has strictly enforced laws in place to ...

A Georgia woman was jailed Sunday after state wildlife police said she took five queen conch from the ocean in Key West. The mollusks have been illegal to keep in Florida since the 1970s. Daniela ...

A Texas tourist who collected 40 queen conchs seashells from Key West, Florida, is going to jail for 15 days. A Florida judge also sentenced Diana Fiscal-Gonzalez of Dallas to serve six months of ...

Gary Marion, attired as drag queen Sushi, hangs in an oversized replica of a women's red high heel over Duval Street, late Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, at the Bourbon St. Pub in Key West, Fla. The Red Shoe ...

The Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club will hold its next meeting of the season on March 15 at 2 p.m. at the Sanibel Recreation Center, at 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel. The guest speaker will be ...

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 ...

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 ...