Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conch Shell Turks and Caicos turned their love of conch into an annual event. In 2004, the first Conch Festival took place in Blue ...

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.

Small conch shells serve as game pieces on a checkers board as a young girl sits on a swing at a restaurant in Pelican Point, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. The shellfish ...