Many Caribbean people who have enjoyed conch fritters, a nice fresh conch salad or conch stew probably have not made the connection that this meat was harvested from a beautiful conch shell. Conch ...

As a natural biocomposite, Strombus gigas, commonly known as the giant pink queen conch shell, exhibits outstanding mechanical properties, especially a high fracture toughness. It is known that the ...

Miquel López-García is an archaeologist. He’s also a professional trumpeter, performing in many styles from jazz and funk to salsa and Catalan folk music. And as a child, he told The Guardian, he ...