For Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who wrote her classic 1955 book “Gift from the Sea” on quiet Captiva Island, shells became metaphors “to meditate on marriage, motherhood, and middle age,” as ...

Captiva Island will keep nature lovers captivated. Located in the Gulf of Mexico, just offshore in southwest Florida, the island dedicates large swaths of land to nature preserves, and structures a… ...

And – shelling. Sanibel and Captiva are the number one place in the U.S. to collect shells, and one of three top destinations in the world, thanks to their location. The islands are perpendicular to ...

The shelling paradise is a 22-mile drive from the Ft. Myers airport. A three-mile causeway ties Sanibel and Captiva to the mainland.

Vacations are meant to be relaxing, and Captiva Island, a tiny five-mile-long island in Southwest Florida has fully embraced that sentiment. Everything about the under-the-radar destination encourages ...

Want to find some blue sea glass? How about a fossil, or a cool rock? These are the best beaches in RI to start looking.

Shellers all over the world make pilgrimages to a island off the coast of Fort Myers to hunt for rare seashells. What makes Sanibel Island so special?

Have you ever heard of a nudibranch? They're colorful mollusks with no shells and you can see them at the Bailey-Matthews ...

“The shelling is the best it’s ever been,” said Chris Davison, general manager at Sanibel's Island Inn. “That makes sense to me.” ...

The South Seas Resort on Captiva Island plans to raise its building height to 45 feet.

Finding the rare Junonia shell on Sanibel in June sparked memorable moment for a grandmother and her grand-daughter.