Complete Guide to Captiva & Sanibel Island, Florida Beaches with parking information, shelling, hours, address, and what ...

Sanibel Island is all about shells, so spend a day browsing the beach for nautical treasures and visiting the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium, which has touch pools and a “Great Hall ...

At first glance, the beach on Sanibel Island looks like the type of beach typical of Florida’s Southwest coast: a wide stretch of coastline with soft sand and the calm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Other than occasional grocery runs, our rental car sat mostly unused in our condo parking lot. Our preferred mode of transportation: two wheels. Sanibel is home to 22 miles of dedicated bike paths, ...

Are you planning a Sanibel & Captiva Long Weekend Trip? Check out our trip journal from our latest trip to Sanibel and C ...

With the end of the year right around the corner, we've been "sifting" through some of our best shelling stories of 2025 and ...

Note to readers:The News-Press and Naples Daily News have dedicated a week of coverage to shells and shelling in Southwest Florida. We are calling it "Shell Week." Our reporters and photographers are ...

Johnnie Ennis recently fulfilled one of his big goals in life. His hobby is looking for shells that wash up on Sanibel Island. He is a shell enthusiast and has been for quite some time. So when he ...

Note to readers: Multiple generations of a family of shell collectors gathered earlier this summer in Southwest Florida, combing the beaches on Captiva and Sanibel looking to add to their collections.

I had never seen a conference of seashells before, but there it was, plain as anything, just before the sun descended on a Wednesday evening last June. Six scalloped, bivalve shells consorted ...