Whelks contain a high level of proteins and vitamins but a small amount of fat. This means that whelks do not add bad cholesterol to your body. As such, it is an excellent weight-loss food item.

The marine whelk snail lives in the intertidal regions of northern Baja California. Grosberg has been studying them since 1994 when he noticed strange snails with shells that looked like flowery ...

Female whelks lay eggs in long strings or capsules—like the one pictured, according to officials. Each strand has up to 145 capsules, which can be 11 to 33 inches long. Each capsule may contain ...

This week, the Texas coast has seen an influx of lightning whelks washing up with the tides. Recognized as the official state shell of Texas, the lightning whelk is a fascinating marine predator ...

Whelk These fat sea snails won't win any prizes in the looks department, but they're cheap and lend themselves well to all sorts of flavours. Cook, shelled, in a stir-fry.

The market for whelk, Hummel said, has been hard hit this year, tied mainly to a down economy in Hong Kong, where conch is a delicacy. Prices have dropped to around $1.75 a pound from a prior high ...

The company began experimenting with whelk more than a decade ago. The mollusk is harvested about 160 kilometers from the town of Louisbourg, along a muddy stretch of the ocean floor.