A Georgia woman was jailed Sunday after state wildlife police said she took five queen conch from the ocean in Key West. The mollusks have been illegal to keep in Florida since the 1970s. Daniela ...

A Texas tourist who collected 40 queen conchs seashells from Key West, Florida, is going to jail for 15 days. A Florida judge also sentenced Diana Fiscal-Gonzalez of Dallas to serve six months of ...

A Florida man is due in court after police said that while he was in the Keys he helped himself to two queen conch, which are illegal to harvest in the Sunshine State. Michael Ross Finch, 36, of ...

With an estimated lifespan between 25 to 40 years, the queen conch (Strombus gigas) is a prized delicacy long harvested for food and is revered for its beautiful shell. Second only to the spiny ...

Mary Lou Smith is known as the Queen of the Conch. The 70-year-old has been joyously blasting the large pink shell at weddings and parties on Key West, Florida, for nearly two decades and has won the ...