In southwest Florida, Sarasota hosts a pineapple drop at midnight on New Year’s Eve, complete with an all-day block party ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Conch are an iconic species to Florida. You might be familiar with them on a restaurant menu as Conch Fritters, or you may have heard of the Florida Keys referred to as ...

During a recent vacation on Sanibel Island, Jessica Reyna and her family participated in the popular tradition of shelling along the beach. More than six months after Hurricane Ian caused catastrophic ...

KEY WEST — Making music with a conch (pronounced "konk") shell might seem unusual, but several dozen people tried it during the weekend's annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in the Florida Keys.

Do you celebrate? If you live in Southwest Florida, or on or near any beach in Florida, the chances are pretty good that you do. Florida is a mecca for seashell hunters. And Southwest Florida takes ...

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A conch living underwater in a Florida Keys aquarium’s touch tank confirmed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction Tuesday of six more weeks of winter weather. The “mollusk ...

The photograph is authentic and features Triplofusus giganteus, a species from the Fasciolariidae family. Although commonly referred to as the "Florida horse conch," it is not a "true conch" by ...