Archaeologists working in northeastern Spain say a cache of conch shells was not just decorative debris from ancient ...

New research suggests that a collection of conch shells unearthed in Spain may have once produced melodies, in addition to ...

Researchers played ancient shells unearthed from Catalonia, Spain, and detected a sound similar to what is produced by French ...

If someone hands you a large, spiral seashell, chances are that your instinct will drive you to hold it up to your ear.

Archaeologists have played shell trumpets from Neolithic Catalonia, revealing they were highly effective for long-distance ...

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 foghorn from the ...

We all know conch shells as loud horns that can be heard from long distances. Humans have used them for millennia for messaging. But a team of researchers in Barcelona has proposed that a nearby ...

Conch shells, found buried at ancient Pueblo sites in New Mexico, were likely used as communication devices across the arid landscape. James Wainscoat via Unsplash If you were standing on the edge of ...

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 entrance to ...

The two sides of a 12-inch (31 cm) conch shell discovered in a French cave with prehistoric wall paintings in 1931. AP WASHINGTON — A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now ...