Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News have dedicated a week of coverage to shells and shelling in Southwest Florida. We are calling it "Shell Week." Our reporters and photographers are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News are presenting a series of stories, photos and videos this week about shells ...

SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. — Swaying palms, diving brown pelicans and lapping waves over the pearly white sand on 14 miles of seashell- studded sand induce a state of relaxation on the screened porch ...

Explore Blind Pass Beach between Sanibel and Captiva, a Florida shelling paradise with stunning sunsets, wildlife encounters, and hidden coastal beauty.

SANIBEL ISLAND, Florida - I am not a collector, except on Sanibel. I have plastic bins in my basement and garage, filled with shells collected over the years on the beaches of this barrier island.

Note to readers: Multiple generations of a family of shell collectors gathered earlier this summer in Southwest Florida, combing the beaches on Captiva and Sanibel looking to add to their collections.

I had never seen a conference of seashells before, but there it was, plain as anything, just before the sun descended on a Wednesday evening last June. Six scalloped, bivalve shells consorted ...