ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. — A man in his early 20s was bitten in the lower leg by a shark near Bean Point on the north ... According to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s international ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Florida – For more than 100 years ... From the Bali Hai, it was a 2-mile walk to Bean Point Beach, the northern tip of the island, where the Gulf of Mexico meets Tampa ...

Plan a trip to Anna Maria Island and experience the quiet delights of this pristine Florida beach ... Make a pilgrimage at ...

Alligators prefer freshwater like lakes and rivers, but Florida wildlife experts ... on our beautiful white sandy beaches of Bean Point on Anna Maria Island,” Barbi Harris-Wilt wrote on her ...

Anna Maria boasts its own stretch of wide, soft, white sand beaches that run the entire length of the island – 7 miles. The beaches on the northern end of the island, including Bean Point Beach ...

Photo Credit: Bradenton Area Visitors Bureau Anna Maria Island, a seven-mile stretch of silver sand on Florida's Gulf Coast ... ravenous for seafood at that point and so were grateful when ...