A new program allows for the adoption of dolphins that frequent the May River and Port Royal Sound. The program is a partnership between USCB’s Lowcountry Dolphin Conservation Program and Coastal Discovery Museum.
The Lowcountry of SC is the home to the American beautyberry, a plant that has a long history of use in folk medicine. The roots, leaves, and fruits were used to treat fever, malaria, dysentery, rheumatism, and colic.
Hurricane Florence hit North and South Carolina weeks ago, but high floodwater threatens residents trying to return to their homes. Watch out for harmful bacteria and wildlife such as snakes, alligators, rodents and more.
The Lowcountry of South Carolina is home to the Common Buckeye, one of our most widespread and easily recognized butterflies. They are found throughout much of the U.S. and southern Canada.
Shellfish season, when oysters — plus clams, mussels and other bivalves — can be legally harvested in South Carolina, is open for 2018. Here’s what you need to know about where to go and how to do it.
Brian Vaughn, of Off the Hook Fishing Charters, Hilton Head, South Carolina, says his 35-pound jack crevalle has broken the International Game Fish Association world record in fly fishing 8-pound tippet class.
The Jepson Center for the Arts in Savannah, Georgia, offers visitors a peek at a wide variety of art forms, from photography to paintings to sculpture. And there’s a hand-on aspect, too.
Even though most of South Carolina doesn’t have a traditional, crisp fall, that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few spots where you can drink cider, pick pumpkins and explore a corn maze. Celebrate autumn at these orchards and farms.
A lagoon on Shipwatch Point apartments on HIlton Head, SC, is the scene of a fish kill that was investigated by the South Carolina environmental officials.
The Red-wing Blackbird is common across the swamps and marshes of the Lowcountry of South Carolina. The colorful males keep a vast harem of mates while the females don’t like one another very much.
Say goodbye to the moon this week. Right now, the moon is in its waxing, crescent phase and will start its new phase Sept. 9. This gives South Carolina stargazers the perfect opportunity to look at the stars in a black, dark sky.
The showy rattlebox plant was brought to the Lowcountry of South Carolina as a cover plant. It quickly became an invasive species and poses a lethal threat to livestock and humans.
West Nile Virus can be deadly — but only one in five people who are infected by a mosquito bite will develop any symptoms, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. Here's what to look for.
Columbia, SC, reported West Nile virus in the area and has officially started spraying the city in an attempt to contain the disease. Here’s what you need to know if the virus spreads to your area and ways to protect yourself.
The ocean has all but claimed the Morris Island Lighthouse near Charleston, SC, but the structure stands as an inspirational beacon to those see it from land and sea.
The Morris Island Light is a lighthouse just outside of Charleston. It was built almost a mile inland in 1876 — but now stands precariously in the Atlantic Ocean. It was decommissioned in 1962 and replaced by a new lighthouse on Sullivan's Island.
South Carolina is filled with culture and history, giving tourists plenty of sightseeing options. However, instead of making the usual historic stops, check out these eight uncommon attractions in South Carolina.
Some Lowcountry dolphins have learned to hunt fish in a way that takes them briefly out of the water, and a video taken Monday morning on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, captures this unusual and rare behavior.
