Sanibel Island stands out in many ways, most notably due to its rare orientation, which is how, in large part, it came to be ...

More than 300 individual shells collected by Katie and Margaret over the span of two decades were transformed into one large ... We took a family trip to Sanibel Island, Florida, in 2003 and ...

Southern Living ranked the top 50 beach towns in the south for 2025 and Sanibel was the top-ranked location in Florida.

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium will offer guided beach walks on March 12 and 19 at 9 a.m. at the ...

What’s in a name? When it comes to sea turtles, it turns out, a pretty distinguishing trait. “The animal kingdom is filled ...

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum expanded in 2020 with 11 ... National Wildlife Refuge occupies more than 6,400 acres on Sanibel and Captiva, plus offshore waters and islands.

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 ...