Ancient Roots
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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Aug 9
Name That Storm
Debby may finally be taking her long-awaited leave from the neighborhood, but we're still in peak hurricane season with the National...
Jul 19
Summer Threads
Of the 45,000 species of spiders known globally, an estimated 600 live in South Carolina. In the Lowcountry, these mid-summer days are...
Jun 14
Tapping The Source
With the expanding construction of new planned developments on Johns Island - a proposed new 120-home golf community on more than...
May 10
Looking For Love
The little guy above may be barely two inches across, but fiddler crabs like this mate-seeking male are an important if little noticed...
Mar 8
Spring Song
Even though the arrival of spring is officially not for another two weeks, the change of season is already palpable as wildlife stirs...
Feb 23
Treasure The Oak
In your travels along Bohicket or Main roads, you may have noticed red-girded live oaks with a sign saying "Don't Chop Me Down." Given...
Jan 12
The Basin Buffer
After the recent heavy rains that swept the Lowcountry, we can be glad of one of our favorite areas visited on our SINHG Trip schedule -...
Nov 10, 2023
Shifting Sands
One of the northern hemisphere's most crucial nesting sites for both migrating and sedentary shorebirds is practically within swimming...
Sep 22, 2023
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, 2023
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...
Jul 14, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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...
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