Although sea shells of various types have been studied as sources of inspiration for impact-resistant manmade materials, the conch shell is known for being particularly tough. And while the reason for ...

The shell of the giant pink queen conch evolved over millions of years into the perfect haven. Now, researchers have probed the mollusk shell’s mysterious inner architecture in such detail that they ...

Archaeologists working in northeastern Spain say a cache of conch shells was not just decorative debris from ancient shorelines but a set of carefully modified instruments that once filled Neolithic ...

Artist's rendering of a prehistoric human playing the ancient conch instrument G. Tosello A team of researchers was studying the archaeological inventory of the Natural History Museum of Toulouse in ...