They say piercings, like tattoos, are addictive. That's something I can say for certain is true after my latest ear addition: a conch piercing. After feeling the pull to add to my growing ear stack – ...

The conch shell, also known as shankh, is a sacred thing in Vastu Shastra and Hindu traditions. Shankh has been revered as the divine sound of "Om" that purifies spaces and invites prosperity.

Archaeologists working in northeastern Spain say a cache of conch shells was not just decorative debris from ancient shorelines but a set of carefully modified instruments that once filled Neolithic ...

Two eyes peek out from under the shell of a queen conch sitting on the seafllor. Queen conch are giant herbivorous marine snails that do not crawl slowly along and leave slime trails. Instead, conch ...