You've probably seen them roosting on rooftops at Freshfields, those hulking black silhouettes of the turkey vulture . Few would consider...

Our beaches may seem relatively quiet this winter season, but there's quite a lot of activity further out in deeper water as majestic...

Taking note of the increasing presence of coyotes in our martime environment, SIPOA recently promulgated a Coyote Management Plan to...

We share our island with many types of wildlife, but none more prevalent than the white-tailed deer population roaming our marshes and...

This time of year, our Lowcountry skies are graced with flashes of orange, black and yellow as butterflies take to the air on their...

As our island's deer population increases its foraging ahead of leaner winter months, we're more likely to spot them in our backyards or...

While much attention is justly focused on the endangered, seafaring loggerhead turtle population that nests here every summer, a less...

Of the 45,000 species of spiders known globally, an estimated 600 live in South Carolina. In the Lowcountry, these mid-summer days are...

Easy trivia question: what's the State Bird of South Carolina? Easy answer: the Carolina Wren, one of the most ubiquitous birds in the...

Summer brings new faces and new neighbors to the island, if only for the season, but one recent arrival is here to stay - the armadillo....

We may hardly notice them because they're so always present, including on the town of Seabrook Island's official seal, but brown...

The little guy above may be barely two inches across, but fiddler crabs like this mate-seeking male are an important if little noticed...

Some of the summer visitors we most look forward to are due to start arriving in the coming weeks. It's nesting season for loggerhead...

Now that it's starting to feel like summer and we're spending more time at the beach, we're likely to see more of the cannonball...

You may never see one unless you're very lucky, but the reclusive bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a highly adaptable Lowcountry resident. Named...

Even though the arrival of spring is officially not for another two weeks, the change of season is already palpable as wildlife stirs...

One of the northern hemisphere's most crucial nesting sites for both migrating and sedentary shorebirds is practically within swimming...

Among the more striking members of our island's wildlife population is a relative newcomer, the coyote. SIPOA's wildlife map shows...

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...

One of the Lowcountry's defining characteristics is its network of marshes, rising and falling in synchrony with the tides. In an...