June 21, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a tropical butterfly with a transparent caterpillar, the Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius). The Brazilian Skipper is...
Pollinator Week 2024: Butterflies and Pollinator Conservation
June 20, 2024
This year for Pollinator Week (6/17 – 6/23) we’re doing a 7-part series about native pollinators on Edisto Island! Today let’s dive into one special...
Pollinator Week 2024: Pollinator Habitat at the Hutchinson House
June 19, 2024
This year for Pollinator Week (6/17 – 6/23) we’re doing a 7-part series about native pollinators on Edisto Island! The Hutchinson House is an iconic...
Pollinator Week 2024: The Role of Pollinators in the Natural World
June 18, 2024
This year for Pollinator Week (6/17 – 6/23) we’re doing a 7-part series about native pollinators on Edisto Island! Many of our flowering plants rely...
Pollinator Week 2024: What’s a pollinator?
June 17, 2024
This year for Pollinator Week (6/17 – 6/23) we’re doing a 7-part series about native pollinators on Edisto Island! First things first, what’s a pollinator?...
June 14, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re on the lookout for a rare, coastal plain endemic, backwater wildflower, Powdery Alligator-Flag (Thalia dealbata). Powdery Alligator-Flag...
June 7, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a long-necked, fowl-flavored, slow-moving slough citizen of the Southeast, the Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia). The Chicken Turtle...
May 31, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a tough, lush, turf-grass that’s a possibly native to the Sea Islands, St. Augustine Grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum)....
May 24, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s our darling bird on Deveaux Bank, the Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus). Whimbrels are a cosmopolitan species, meaning they...
Invasive Species of the South Carolina Lowcountry
May 17, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s a departure from the norm to talk more generally about an ecological concept, and to highlight some...
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