Two island documentaries were award winners at the 15th annual Fort Myers Film Festival. Held from May 14-18, this year’s ...

Hurricane Ian has left at least two people dead on Sanibel Island and ripped away several parts of the causeway that was the island’s only access to Florida’s mainland. On Thursday night ...

An official in Sanibel, Florida, shared an update on how Hurricane Ian has devastated his small island community. “The damage is catastrophic and it is biblical,” Dana Souza, Sanibel’s ...

Sanibel is home to over 250 shell species, many coating the perimeter of the island with different shapes and colors of shells. It’s one of the very few islands in Florida that run perpendicular ...

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 ...

What's a "best beach towns" list without Sanibel Island being mentioned? Not credible. At least that is our opinion. So, kudos to Southern Living for getting the job done with its "The 50 best ...

returning a 3-mile part of the critical connection from Sanibel Island to mainland Florida, according to a May 20 release from the project team. The 12-mile causeway, which opened in 1963 ...

In USA Today's 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards for 2025, the national news publication rated Bowman's Beach on Sanibel Island as the No. 6 beach in Florida. "The allure of Bowman's Beach ...