Wildlife

The Spirit Deer

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...

ON THE WING

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

BUGS IN LOVE

Love is in the air, at least if you're a Plecia nearctica, commonly known as the love bug, which appears in great numbers this time of...

NEW NEIGHBORS

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....

SONG OF THE SOUTH

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

THE STING

Now that we're fully into summer and spending more time at the beach and in the water, we're likely to see more of the cannonball...

IN THE HEIGHTS

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

THE WAVE

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

ALONG THE SANTEE

History and nature came together for us during a recent SINHG Trip to Old Santee Canal Park in Monck's Corner. The birdwatchers among us...

CAT TALES

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

ANCIENT NEIGHBORS

If you start noticing soon an unusual booming or bellowing around the island, then you'll know spring mating season for alligators has...