Music from the large conch probably hadn’t been heard by human ears for 17,000 years. By Katherine Kornei In 1931, researchers working in southern France unearthed a large seashell at the ...

WASHINGTON — A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now thought to be the oldest known seashell instrument — and it still works, producing a deep, plaintive bleat, like a ...

Conch is a large sea snail harvested in warm, tropical waters. (If you’ve ever picked up a large white shell and held it to your ear to “hear” the ocean, that’s likely a conch shell.) The ...

Listen to haunting notes from an 18,000-year-old conch shell trumpet Archaeologists in 1931 assumed the shell was only a broken drinking cup.

Dolphins in Australia have been observed holding a large conch shell in their beaks and using it to shake a fish into their mouths. And the behavior may be spreading.

A large conch shell that had been languishing in a museum for decades has been revealed as the oldest known seashell instrument after archaeologists examined it more closely and realized belatedly ...

The Reyna family from Buffalo found two seashell souvenirs on their recent visit to Southwest Florida.

A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now thought to be the oldest known seashell instrument.

A large conch shell overlooked in a museum is now thought to be the oldest known seashell instrument, and it can still play a tune ...