A new article published in the journal Oryx examines the efficacy and perception of queen conch (Aliger gigas) conservation aquaculture—cultivating aquatic organisms to manage or replenish natural ...

Two eyes peek out from under the shell of a queen conch sitting on the seafllor. Queen conch are giant herbivorous marine snails that do not crawl slowly along and leave slime trails. Instead, conch ...

A hopping queen conch can be a sight to behold on the sea floor: its outer shell disguised by green algae, looking more like a rock than the exuberant prized pink queen, suddenly hurdling itself ...

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel reported that there are hundreds of marine animals on exhibit ...

Investigators laid out 291 empty queen conch shells that they say were illegally harvested between July 7 and July 10, 2025, in the Florida Keys. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...