It's hard to go to any beach without looking for a treasure or two in the sand. Florida's coastline is full of shells both rare and common. While seashell hunters can travel far and wide to scour good ...

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 ...

Sanibel Island is all about shells, so spend a day browsing the beach for nautical treasures and visiting the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium, which has touch pools and a “Great Hall ...

When you go to the beach, you can expect to find seashells, sand dollars, sharks' teeth — and if you're lucky, treasure. The Treasure Coast is renowned for the 1715 fleet of Spanish ships that wrecked ...

A Texas tourist who collected 40 queen conchs seashells from Key West, Florida, is going to jail for 15 days. A Florida judge also sentenced Diana Fiscal-Gonzalez of Dallas to serve six months of ...

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

A local woman was collecting seashells on a Captiva beach when she found a unique item that appears to be a human jaw bone, officials said. The Lee County Sheriff's Office responded to a call ...