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: 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 ...

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 ...

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel reported that it has opened two new exhibitions for the 2026 ...

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium, located on Sanibel, just celebrated its 30th anniversary by opening extensive, brand-new exhibits of thousands of shells from Southwest Florida ...

The visitors sway to the strains of an instrumental version of the Grateful Dead’s “Ripple” as they point to images decidedly less mellow: gape-mouthed fish washing ashore in rusty waves of red tide. ...

Teddy Majeski, 9, of Rye, New York, found three alphabet cones on Nov. 26 while kayaking near Blind Pass on Captiva. Jane Majeski reported that her grandson was visiting them for the Thanksgiving ...

SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. — Shell enthusiasts across the world are in awe about a recent find on Sanibel Island. Dr. Melanie Dittmer said she was sitting in shallow water off the beach last month, when she ...