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The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum and Aquarium on Sanibel has a collection of more than 600,000 shells. The elusive ...

Florida's coastline is home to more than white sandy beaches and cool breezes. It is also the place to discover some of the ...

This little-known Florida museum on Sanibel Island features one of the world’s most impressive shell collections, plus a live ...

During a recent vacation on Sanibel Island, Jessica Reyna and her family participated in the popular tradition of shelling along the beach. More than six months after Hurricane Ian caused catastrophic ...

Florida’s Gulf Coast hides some of the most magical shelling spots in the world, from Sanibel Island’s famous ‘Sanibel Stoop’ to the untouched sands of Shell Key Preserve. These destinations offer ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (Apr. 6, 2022) – The Florida horse conch population – one of the world’s largest invertebrate animals – is shrinking. Established in 1969 as the Florida state shell with a record length of ...

Sara Breault is a prominent shell collector and photographer in Southwest Florida. Breault advises new shellers to search in the water during low tide for the best finds. She has found two rare ...

Unregulated commercial harvesting and recreational live collection are pushing Florida horse conch populations closer to collapse. The Florida horse conch population -- one of the world's largest ...