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 ...

Bablu Nandi at work and (right) the National Award-winning conch shell Courtesy: Bablu Nandi However, he wanted to do more and began training in khodai, or engraving work, with his school teacher ...

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 ...

A finely decorated choker necklace made from a conch shell has been discovered by staff of Mexico's National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) near Nicolás Bravo, a town in the state of ...

More than 3,000 years ago, an ancient Peruvian culture fashioned conch shells into instruments, creating sounds rarely heard in music. Back in 2001, archaeologists uncovered twenty of these marine ...