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 ...

Last week, I wrote about pelicans, the biggest birds on Sanibel Island, Fla., so this week, I decided to focus on something smaller. Sanibel locals, as well as island visitors, take collecting of ...

Q. When walking along the surf line at the beach, I sometimes come across huge patches of sand filled with what look like small clams. At other times I don't see any at all. Can you tell me about ...

They are the most common seashell in Florida, speckling the Sunshine State’s coastline in a rainbow assortment of patterns and colors. Locals sometimes call them periwinkles, but scientifically they ...