5+ hour, 17+ min ago   (760+ words) In an effort to introduce more diversity into existing populations, scientists conducted the first cross-state transfer of gopher frog tadpoles between North Carolina and South Carolina. It’s hard being a gopher frog in the Carolinas. What was once a widespread…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (409+ words) MYRTLE BEACH — Humans have been known to tell some tall fishing tales, but one lucky bird has a wild story to share about the one that got away — and it's actually true. A large osprey caught what it thought was…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (746+ words) If you're outside on a warm Charleston evening, you may notice small shadows darting overhead. At first glance, they can look like birds swooping through the twilight. But chances are you're watching bats begin their nightly shift. South Carolina is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (261+ words) Jason Crowley is the Lowcountry program director for the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation South Carolina is a national leader on many fronts. Two of the biggest can seem to be in tension: conservation and development. In truth however, conservation…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (589+ words) Goodwill Estate is located on Lake Wateree, a DNR preserve. EASTOVER — Thanks to a $13.8 million property purchase, Midlands residents may soon have access to a 736-acre estate. The Conservation Fund recently acquired the historic Goodwill Estate in the Eastover area…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (753+ words) An aerial view of the 212-acre Chelsea West property in Ridgeland. The Nature Conservancy purchased the parcel on Aug. 5, and it is expected to be added to the 2,700-acre state forest planned for the region. RIDGELAND — More than 200 acres formerly…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (668+ words) The splash pad area of Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park is one of four sites the GREEN Commission is endorsing further study and evaluation on. More than 40 potential tree planting locations were under review at the Aug. 18 Mount Pleasant GREEN…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (914+ words) Pelican glides along the of Seabrook Island at Captain Sams Spit on the Kiawah River Thursday, March 26, 2026. KIAWAH ISLAND — Funding to preserve a strip of land at the southern tip of this sea island has been approved by state lawmakers…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (20+ words) Post and Courier Catch up on our recent coverage....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (838+ words) Post and Courier The cover of The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to South Carolina Writers is pictured. Although I am perhaps most associated locally for my weekly column in this paper — 36 years and counting — and for my four books on…...