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 ...

Sanibel is home to over 250 shell species, many coating the perimeter of the island with different shapes and colors of shells. It’s one of the very few islands in Florida that run perpendicula ...

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) reported that in addition to daily nesting surveys from April through ...

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.

Grab a basket, and hit the shell-dotted sands ... Drop off the children at the Sanibel Sea School for an afternoon of hands-on wildlife education. You can venture down Periwinkle Way, the main ...

Four Sanibel nonprofit organizations have partnered to launch a new outreach campaign with a goal to broaden public awareness and appreciation of natural resources and wildlife on the island. Called ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Take a short walk off the beach to roam the historic Chapel by the Sea and its cemetery ... Travel Some people think of Sanibel and its quirky little sister island, Captiva ...