Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Note to readers: This is Part 5 in a five-part series. The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently met with Jose H. Leal at the ...

Note to readers: This is Part 3 in a five-part series. The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently met with Jose H. Leal at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel. Leal is ...

The popular and well known saying about junonia shells is: you don't find them, they find you. In the sea shell world, the junonia is difficult to find. People will spend a lifetime of walks on the ...

An 8-year-old girl from Las Vegas found a rare junonia shell while on vacation in Fort Myers Beach. Ella Cline and her family did not realize the shell's significance until visiting the ...

It’s the geography of Sanibel and Captiva, a pair of islands off Florida’s west coast near Fort Myers, that has made them a destination for gathering seashells. The islands jut west into the Gulf of ...

The Noble Pen Shell, part of the Pinnidae family, is found in the Mediterranean Sea and is the largest of all pen shells, reaching up to 4 feet in size. This shell is known for its beautiful copper ...