REYNA: I found the two shells in the water, both on Sanibel Island and both about 15-20 feet offshore. One was at Tarpon Bay Beach and the other was at Bowman’s Bay Beach.

ENNIS: Some of my shells I’m proud of are Alphabet cones, Horse Conchs, large Lightning Whelks, large Tulips, Zigzag Scallops − people call them Flats − and my Albino Horse Conch, which you ...

Sanibel Island, Florida. N amed the best shelling spot in North America by Travel & Leisure magazine, Sanibel Island—located near Fort Meyers on the Gulf of Mexico—is a true haven for seashell ...

Popular places to find the shells include: The Sanibel & Captiva Chamber of Commerce, Tuttles Seahorse Shell Shop and the Sanibel Marina.

Note to readers: This is Part 5 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, Fla. – Shell enthusiasts across the world are in awe about a recent find on Sanibel Island. Dr. Melanie Dittmer said she was sitting in shallow water off the beach last month ...

I’ve been coming to Sanibel for decades, ever since my grandparents settled on nearby Fort Myers Beach in the 1960s and my parents bought a house on Sanibel in 2001. I don’t think I’ve never ...

Greene and her family will soon mark a half-century’s ownership at Ocean Village, now a community of 1,200 homes. Today, on the same stretch of beach, she rarely finds the large, intact shells ...

The Sanibel Shell Show began Thursday at the Marriott Sanibel Harbour Resort, where shell enthusiasts have gathered for years to share their passion. An estimated 1,000 people are expected to ...