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.

Some 18,000 years ago, in a cave in what we now call France, a human being left behind something precious: a conch shell. It was not just any conch shell. Its tip had been lopped off—unlikely by ...

Music elites better table your ukuleles and unplug your theremins; science is bringing the noise with the newest in niche musical instruments. Or, more accurately, one of the oldest. A massive conch ...

From bedazzled shells to "conch-peting" pros, Key West’s quirky tradition keeps the island’s musical spirit blowing strong ...

A horn made from a conch shell over 17,000 years ago has blasted out musical notes for the first time in millennia. Archaeologists originally found the seashell in 1931, in a French cave that contains ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Who doesn’t need a little conch in their lives? The 2nd Annual Conch Shell Festival kicks off September 23rd at Little Village. The festival features the Cap’n Scuba ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - It’s time to sound the Conch for the 4th Annual Little Village Conch Shell Festival! Mary Lou the Conch Queen gave NewsChannel 7 a visit to tell us all about it! The ...