The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium will offer a guided beach walk on July 6 at 9 a.m. at the Sundial Beach ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Ella found her junonia on May 26 (Memorial Day) on Madison Street. "We were looking around the edge of the water around 5-6 p.m.," Katherine said. "It’s around 4 inches long.

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.

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 ...

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.