New York State is advancing a set of rules to limit the annual harvest off Long Island of sea snails known as whelk, but some fishermen say the restrictions aren’t needed. Whelk, also known as conch, ...

The future of scungilli may rest with Matt Sclafani. The Cornell Cooperative Extension researcher and his team are leading a new series of trials at the Stony Brook University Marine Laboratory at ...

Hari Cameron grasped the creature in his hand and reached for a beat-up old hammer. A hammer isn’t typically found in a chef's kitchen, but then again, Cameron isn’t like most chefs. He delivered a ...

Things could be worse for those of you of the male persuasion who don't wear the pants in the family. You could be a marine whelk snail. The male whelk, known to scientists as Solenosteira macrospira, ...

What's in a name? When it comes to the whelk, quite a bit, and not all of it is flattering. For most of us, the thought of whelks conjures up memories of beach holidays, beady-eyed seagulls and ...