The large, marine snail is heavily in demand for its meat and iconic shell, which is used for décor and jewelry; overfishing and poaching have caused its decline in the Mexican Caribbean. “Under ...

Turks and Caicos' annual conch exports have topped one million pounds (453,600kg) of meat in years past ... not only ate them but fashioned their shells into tools. Later, islanders used them ...

It's a conch shell that was found in a hunter-gatherer cave in southern France. The artefact is the oldest known wind instrument of its type. To date, only bone flutes can claim a deeper heritage.