Sanibel Island’s Store traces the journey of a family, ... We're very vulnerable to rising tides. Our biggest threat to our community and our way of life is the development of Florida.

On Sanibel Island, a Search for Stranded Residents Slogs On About 200 households did not leave ahead of Hurricane Ian. Rescue teams are tracking down the stranded and evacuating them — if they ...

The Island Inn is the oldest hotel on the island, dating back to 1895. Before the hurricane, the resort had 19 structures on its property, some dating back to the 1920s.

The City of Sanibel is bringing back another crucial part of the island community – while helping their Osprey population too.

Most of the island’s gopher tortoises were wiped out, says "Ding" Darling Manager Kevin Godsea, and Ian may even have caused an extinction: Far as he knows, no one has seen a Sanibel rice rat ...

Sanibel Island is found off the coast of Southwest Florida, roughly 23 miles away from downtown Fort Myers. ... They add the seashells are more exposed, especially at low spring tides ...

The best time to visit Sanibel Island is December to April, the peak season. Trips during these five months will be more expensive than at other times, so plan and book early. Still, this is when ...

An older couple who rode out Hurricane Ian in their home on Sanibel Island in Florida could not agree on evacuating after parts of the causeway to the mainland were destroyed. “We’re going. We ...

Just like the changing tides, a lighthearted film about seashells shifted as Ian’s surge crushed the island. “He talked me into that part, the second part of it, after the storm and coming ...

This is the time of year we’d be heading south, but on September 28, 2022, Sanibel took a catastrophic hit from Hurricane Ian, a category 4 storm that damaged or destroyed homes and livelihoods ...

Hurricane Ian washed away several portions of the Sanibel Causeway, a series of bridges linking the island to the rest of the state. It will require structural rebuilds, Florida's governor says.