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 ...

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

Move over, Punxsutawney Phil: There’s a new contender in the weather forecasting arena — the Key West conch. Since 1886, Phil has been the main attraction of the annual Groundhog Day celebration at ...

THAT’S COMING UP THE SAINT LUCIE INLET DREDGING PROJECT IS BACK ON TRACK AFTER IT WAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS FOR QUEEN CONCH. OFFICIALS SAY THEY DISCOVERED QUEEN CONCH ...

Scientist Gabriel Delgado of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute brings two Queen conchs to the surface near the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys. The conchs will be tagged and relocated ...

Ben Daughtry, left, president of Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters, celebrates the “groundhog” conch living at the attraction on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Marathon, Fla. during a whimsical response to ...

MARATHON, Fla. - A ‘mollusk meteorologist’ at an aquarium in Florida broke with Punxsutawney Phil on Friday and predicted six more weeks of winter. READ: Florida Highway Patrol trooper killed in South ...

KEY WEST, Fla. (WFLA) — An investigation is underway into a marine resource violation after 291 queen conch were illegally harvested. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported ...

This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Jenny Staletovich, was published in collaboration ...