Snails have a reputation for being slow, with poor eyes that can barely see the world around them. But conch snails defy these expectations with eyesight as good as some vertebrates. These marine ...

A conservation group is taking the federal government to court over what it says is a failure to protect habitat critical to ...

A new article published today in the journal Oryx examines the efficacy and perception of queen conch (Aliger gigas) conservation aquaculture – cultivating aquatic organisms to manage or replenish ...

The ocean is full of surprises, with one of them being the abilities of the big-eyed conch snail. Usually, snails are thought ...

The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) sued NOAA Fisheries over inadequate queen conch protection, noting the agency has ...

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the National Marine Fisheries Service today for failing to designate critical habitat in Florida and other areas for the threatened queen conch. This iconic ...

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — No longer a theoretical threat, overfishing across the globe has wiped out species from areas where they once thrived. And one result is that it’s taken off the table beloved ...

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Tereha Davis, whose family has fished for conch from waters around the Bahamas for five generations, remembers when she could walk into the water from the beach and pick up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The rescue mission began with a splash. Flippered and masked snorkelers rolled off a boat anchored near Marathon and into ...

Tereha Davis, whose family has fished for conch from waters around the Bahamas for five generations, remembers when she could walk into the water from the beach and pick up the marine snails from the ...