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

The nation’s oldest and most esteemed shell show is currently taking place on Sanibel. The Sanibel Shell Show began Thursday at the Marriott Sanibel Harbour Resort, where shell enthusiasts have ...

Note to readers: This is Part 2 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 is ...

We asked an expert for some help with putting together a list of rare seashells you can look for on our beaches.

Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News are presenting a series of stories, photos and videos this week about shells and shelling in Southwest Florida − from shell art to shelling ...

Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News are presenting a series of stories, photos and videos this week about shells and shelling in Southwest Florida − from shell art to shelling ...

When you visit the beaches of Sanibel and Captiva, you will inevitably be greeted by an abundance of pen shells littered ...

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 seen it ...

When I crossed the causeway from Ft. Myers to Sanibel, the first bird I saw was an osprey, flying right over the car. My next birds were a flock of about 25 white ibises, shorebirds with long beaks ...

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 Sanibel last ...