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Shifting Ground
The devastating earthquake that struck Charleston in 1886 remains, at 7.4 on the Richter scale, the strongest earthquake to ever occur on...
Jan 24


Folklore Forecasting
We've begun the year with a blast of arctic air, after a tee-shirt mild holiday season, so we got to wondering about what's ahead...
Jan 10


Whale Tales
Our beaches may seem relatively quiet this winter season, but there's quite a lot of activity further out in deeper water as majestic...
Jan 3


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 -...
Nov 15, 2024


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...
Aug 9, 2024


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...
Jul 19, 2024


Tapping The Source
With the expanding construction of new planned developments on Johns Island - a proposed new 120-home golf community on more than...
Jun 14, 2024


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...
May 10, 2024


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...
Mar 8, 2024


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...
Feb 23, 2024


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 -...
Jan 12, 2024


Shifting Sands
One of the northern hemisphere's most crucial nesting sites for both migrating and sedentary shorebirds is practically within swimming...
Nov 10, 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 22, 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...
Sep 15, 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...
Jul 14, 2023
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