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 ...

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.

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 ...

MARATHON, Fla. — While thousands watched to see if Punxsutawney Phil would see his shadow, a different animal also predicted the weather in Florida. A conch living in the Florida Keys dubbed the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Canadian woman and a pediatric cardiologist from Georgia won the men’s and women’s contests at Key West’s annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest, using different techniques to impress Saturday’s judges.

MARATHON (CBSMiami/FKNB) -- Move over Punxsutawney Phil. A conch living in a "touch tank" at Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters in Marathon came out of its shell Wednesday and reportedly saw its shadow, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (Apr. 6, 2022) – The Florida horse conch population – one of the world’s largest invertebrate animals – is shrinking. Established in 1969 as the Florida state shell with a record length of ...