Margaret Laycock collected seashells with her daughter, Katie Laycock, for 22 years. At Katie's bridal shower on Feb. 1 in Florida, Margaret surprised her with two wedding bouquets handmade out of ...

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

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

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 & Aquarium will offer guided beach walks on March 12 and 19 at 9 a.m. at the ...

From the Southwest Florida airport in Fort Myers, a one-hour drive via the causeway over Pine Island Sound and through the length of Sanibel Island brought us to the sprawling South Seas Island ...

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 ...