Shifting Sands
One of the northern hemisphere's most crucial nesting sites for both migrating and sedentary shorebirds is practically within swimming...
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- Sep 22
A Lowcountry Fall
The autumn equinox arrives this year on September 23rd (at 2:50am, to be exact), when the sun crosses the ' equator on its way south. Of...
- Sep 15
The Carolina Bay Mystery
Who doesn't like a mystery? Geologists and natural history enthusiasts have been trying to solve one for decades - the origin of an...
- Aug 18
R-Rated Eating
Traditionalists will be avoiding one of the Lowcountry's signature foods this month because there's no "r" in August (or any summer...
- Aug 4
The Webs Of Summer
Of the 45,000 species of spiders known globally, an estimated 600 live in South Carolina. In the Lowcountry, these late summer days are...
- Jul 14
Give A Hoot
A SINHG member shared with us this wonderful photograph of a Barred Owl (Strix varia) seen perched in a backyard palm tree on the island...
- Jun 30
Hands Across The Marsh
One of the Lowcountry's defining characteristics is its network of marshes, rising and falling in synchrony with the tides. In an...
- Jun 23
Invasion Alert?
Agriculturalists throughout South Carolina are on the lookout for an invader poised to breach the state's borders: the Spotted Lantern...
- Apr 28
Open Season
Our island's main tourist season may be a few weeks off, but another and equally crucial season's about to begin, South Carolina's...
- Apr 21
Nature / Nurture
Tomorrow, April 22nd, is the 53rd nationwide Earth Day to raise awareness of the delicate balance between human endeavor and Earth's...
- Mar 31
Blue Bloods
With spring now well underway, our beaches become prime destinations for a host of newly active marine life, from nesting loggerhead...
- Mar 24
Whose Hair Is It?
There's an amusing story about one of the South's most emblematic sights, one so common that Lowcountry residents hardly notice it....
- Jan 27
DEERLY SPEAKING
We share our island with many types of wildlife, but none more prevalent than the white-tailed deer population roaming our marshes and...
- Jan 20
WEATHER, OR NOT?
We've begun the year with some pretty changeable weather, from below freezing temperatures over the holiday season to near-seventy...
- Jan 6
ALL SHOOK UP
The devastating earthquake that struck Charleston in 1886 remains, at 7.4 on the Richter scale, the strongest earthquake to ever occur on...
- Dec 9, 2022
THE CLEANUP CREW
You've probably seen them roosting on rooftops at Freshfields, those hulking black silhouettes of the turkey vulture . Few would consider...
- Oct 21, 2022
DIAMONDS IN THE MUD
While much attention is justly focused on the endangered, seafaring loggerhead turtle population that nests here every summer, a less...
- Oct 7, 2022
Reading Palms
Even though we live in the Palmetto State, we probably hardly notice that we're surrounded by one of the earth's oldest life forms -...
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