KEY WEST (CBSMiami/FKNB) – Several dozen fans of the fluted, pink-lined conch shell displayed their pucker power Saturday during Key West's 58th annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in the Florida Keys.

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.

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Michael Wachter, left, and Georgann Wachter perform during the Conch Shell Blowing Contest, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Key West, Fla. The ...

The Groundhog Day tradition is a little lost on Florida, where groundhogs aren't native. But we do have a lot of other ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Pennsylvania’s famed groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, may have competition in Florida. Officials at Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters in Marathon claim a conch can also predict the ...

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 ...

KEY WEST, Fla. (WFLA) — A tourist visiting Florida will spend 15 days behind bars after taking 40 queen conch seashells from the waters surrounding Key West. The Miami Herald reports Diana ...

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 ...

Unregulated commercial harvesting and recreational live collection are pushing Florida horse conch populations closer to collapse. The Florida horse conch population -- one of the world's largest ...