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 ...

Florida’s marine life attracts people from all over the world — but what happens if someone gets too comfortable with the state’s natural wonders? Florida has strictly enforced laws in place to ...

The queen conch, a marine mollusk prized for its edible meat and its glossy shell, is one of the most economically and culturally important species in the Caribbean. In the past few decades, intense ...

This story originally appeared in Hakai Magazine and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the blue and white skiff cuts across the bay to Naguabo on the eastern tip of Puerto Rico, fisherman ...

With an estimated lifespan between 25 to 40 years, the queen conch (Strombus gigas) is a prized delicacy long harvested for food and is revered for its beautiful shell. Second only to the spiny ...

In the Florida Keys, you could land in jail for keeping undersized lobster tails or swiping protected seafood from the ocean. That’s how seriously police and prosecutors go after people who break ...

A new study published in Conservation Biology examines the behavior and distribution of queen conch (Aliger gigas) to guide conservation management for the threatened sea snail. The research, which ...