Jacob Dyke, of Bradenton, found an alphabet cone on June 21 at the Tarpon Bay Road Beach on Sanibel. He reported that it ...

The Sanibel Lighthouse has been in service since 1884 to light the entrance into San Carlos Bay. Now, this iconic Sanibel Island landmark on the island's eastern tip, nearly 140 years old, is a ...

Emma Concannon, 5, of Folsom, California, found a junonia on June 6 while shelling with her family at Cayo Costa State Park. Paula Concannon reported that her daughter spotted the shell in the water ...

The beaches with the best shells are brimming with natural treasures. It's time for a visit. A beach day? (S)hell yeah!

Ella Cline didn't know what she had found until she took a trip the National Shell Musuem on Sanibel and was told it was a rare junonia.

Note to readers: This is Part 1 in a five-part series. The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently met with Jose H. Leal at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel. Leal ...

SANIBEL ISLAND, Florida – We biked, we kayaked, we strolled the beach. We searched for shells, peeled shrimp and consumed copious amounts of ice cream. In many ways, my family’s trip to ...

The trip back home required some extra special care when packing up the junonia and all of the shells Ella found while she was here. "We used lots of bubble wrap and a Glad container," Katherine said.

At the beach, take only pictures, leave only footprints and sandcastles. The mollusks have enough problems already. Sunrise falls on a lightning whelk on the beach at Sanibel Island in ...

The Palm Beaches may not be the seashell capital of the world like Sanibel Island, but don't let that stop you. Here's where to look for shells in PBC.

Just like the changing tides, a lighthearted film about seashells shifted as Ian’s surge crushed the island. “He talked me into that part, the second part of it, after the storm and coming ...

The trip back home required some extra special care when packing up the junonia and all of the shells Ella found while she was here. "We used lots of bubble wrap and a Glad container," Katherine said.