A health alert has been issued for red tide near Bowman’s Beach on Sanibel. Residents and visitors are advised to exercise caution.

Sanibel Island is one of the best spots in Florida for shelling, with unique shell varieties. Manasota Key Beach offers the chance to search for seashells and black shark teeth in a serene setting.

The city of Sanibel’s Natural Resources Department reported that it has been busy preparing for the final phase of the Lighthouse Beach Park renourishment project: dune vegetation plantings. On Feb.

"We also saw along a good portion the length of the beach, where beach was scoured, sort of with these short parallel ...

Lacey Lourae, of Fort Myers, found a junonia on Jan. 28 just before sunrise at the Gulfside City Beach on Sanibel. She visits ...

Slowly, but surely, Sanibel is putting the pieces back together. In this case, the pieces are the island's globally popular beaches, which have been damaged in various ways by hurricanes.

Here's a cheat sheet: Sanibel has better shelling on its beaches; quirkier Captiva is known ... Most of the accommodations on Captiva Island remain closed due to damage from Hurricane Ian in ...

The Southwest Florida destination is home to 50 miles of beaches, more than 100 islands and hundreds of species of seashells. Sanibel Island is known as the Seashell Capital of the World because of ...

Slowly, but surely, Sanibel is putting the pieces back together. In this case, the pieces are the island's globally popular beaches, which have been damaged in various ways by hurricanes. First it was ...