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 ...

Low tide on a beach can fill previously empty areas with whelks, scallops, olives, and sand dollars. These are pushed ashore ...

This Gulf Coast destination blends small-town charm with coastal adventure.

SANIBEL, Fla. (AP) — Visit the beaches on this Gulf Coast barrier island and you’re likely to see people doing the Sanibel Stoop. That’s the term for the bent-at-the-waist posture used to collect ...

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There’s something oddly calming about walking a quiet beach at sunrise, coffee in hand, eyes scanning the tide line for tiny treasures. For Daniel and me, shelling quickly turned from a casual stroll ...

Southern Living magazine ranked the top 50 beach towns in the South based on a reader survey. A total of 19 Florida beaches ...

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium will hold the first of its new Beat the Heat Beach Walks on June 9 from ...

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 ...

The Big Bounce America Tour features a 24,000-square-foot 'World’s Largest Bounce House' and more. Shell collectors and artists come from around the world to compete in the prestigious Sanibel Shell ...

Not surprisingly, significant numbers of people are going on social media every day and asking questions about places in Southwest Florida like Sanibel Island, Fort Myers Beach and Pine Island. They ...

After being hammered by hurricanes the last few years, SW Florida is rebounding and the recognition for beaches is a ...