Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News are presenting a series of stories, photos and videos this week about shells and shelling in Southwest Florida − from shell art to shelling ...

Named the best shelling spot in North America by Travel + Leisure magazine, Sanibel Island—located near Fort Myers on the Gulf of Mexico—is a true haven for seashell-spotting enthusiasts. “It turns ...

Thousands of tourists pour into the Myrtle Beach area each summer to bask in the warm weather and enjoy its miles of sandy beaches. However, when the temperatures drop and the crowds leave, the area ...

JUNO BEACH — Samantha Deeter found one of the world's rarest shells on the Juno Beach seashore, and she didn't even know it. Deeter, a pharmacy operations manager from North Palm Beach, was seashell ...

They’re usually up with the sun, long before the crowds flock to the Wilmington area beaches for a day of sunning and wading in the ocean. Those early risers — the shell seekers — will tell you when ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Susie McElheny has been on the search for a junonia shell for three years, and on Aug. 12, she made the rare find at St. Andrews State Park to add to the thousands of other shells ...