When the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum completed their renovations last year, one of their biggest additions was a large aquarium with (among other live mollusks), a Giant Pacific Octopus!
Now the Museum has introduced their brand new Octo-Cam (shellmuseum.org/octocam) and offers a live look...
With the arrival of May, Sanibel and Captiva have entered the 2021 Sea Turtle Nesting Season! And we’re off to a great and EARLY start, as the first nest on Sanibel was found on the East end of the island on Tuesday, April 27. ...
Spring is here and the wildlife is out there. One of the rarest sights on Sanibel is the Florida panther, which was seen last Sunday evening around 6pm in the Jamaica Drive/Tahiti Drive area off Sanibel-Captiva Road. The photos were taken from a bedroom window...
Let's face it...last Easter was terrible. The islands were shut down, the beach accesses were closed (they even fenced the Causeway islands), and it was spooky quiet. The boss often said, “You could shoot a cannon down Periwinkle Way and not hit anything.” Almost everything...
As great as Sanibel is, there are also other parts of Southwest Florida worth exploring. You can simply drive through to Captiva Island, or stop there to take a cruise or water taxi to go beyond to some of the barrier islands. One place of...
