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Charleston, SC, United States
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Drayton Hall marsh latest in sudden surge of conservation on Charleston rivers
A marsh and high ground across the Ashley River from the historic Drayton Hall is the latest conservation success in a recent run of them. → Read More
Fish and Wildlife to allow open hunting of endangered wild red wolves in Southeast
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to revise its management plan for the native red wolf, restricting the protected population to the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge near Manteo, → Read More
Mary Lee, where can she be? Great white shark disappears from tracking
Mary Lee, the far-wandering great white shark the Lowcountry made famous, has vanished — electronically speaking. → Read More
Chance of subtropical storm increases, but Memorial Day weekend still mostly good — for now
The chance is now 50 percent that a subtropical or tropical storm will develop off the Bahamas in the next five days and move toward the Southeast coast, the National Hurricane Center advised Wednesday morning. → Read More
Subtropical storm might form off Bahamas by Friday, NOAA says
Stormy weather off the Bahamas could become a subtropical or tropical storm by Friday and move toward the Southeast coast, federal forecasters said Tuesday. → Read More
Southeast could see subtropical storm over Memorial Day weekend
Ready for the big Memorial Day kick-off to beach season? So are the tropics. It could be a messy weekend. → Read More
Tropical frigatebirds showing up more in Lowcountry
The long-winged creature over Charleston Harbor that awed onlookers recently glides so deftly it can go miles with no more than a few wing-flicks. It steals so rapaciously it can run down an agile tern in midair, grab it by the tail to make it drop i → Read More
Topper site find reveals people were here long before previously thought
People were burning fires at a quarry near the Savannah River as far back as 50,000 years ago. That would have been before the worst of the last Ice Age and millennia before South Carolina is thought to have been inhabited. → Read More
Swim safety urged, no park changes planned after 3-year-old’s drowning
They get in the pool and they’re so afraid they cling to the wall, not letting their whole bodies become submerged. That’s what it’s like when children who have never been in the water before turn out for Shannon O’Brien → Read More
Activist renews call for AG to intervene in backyard burial slayings case
MONCKS CORNER — Civil rights activist James Johnson plans a follow-up demonstration Thursday opposing the handling of the James Edward Loftis trial for murder as a “castle doctrine” case. → Read More
‘Alpha predator’ mako shark circling waters off Charleston
Easy, now. A mako shark is not a great white. → Read More
Puzzling out the red drum: Fish population surveys contradict each other
The sought-after red drum might be severely overfished since 2010 in the Southeast but not the mid-Atlantic, according to the latest survey. Or the reverse might be true. → Read More
Time-out for loggerhead that won’t play nice
Sea turtles aren’t the sweet teddy bears they seemed to be when five loggerheads were returned to the wild Wednesday, paddling down the beach to the ocean amid a throng of cheering onlookers. → Read More
Shooting tragedy, reconciliation draw members to new church
Paige and Brice Christian were well aware of the Emanuel AME Church shooting horror last year while they searched from Houston, Texas for a congregation to join here. → Read More
Live Pelicam to broadcast from Crab Bank shorebird rookery starting at 7:50 a.m. Friday
Swarms of pelicans, black skimmers, oyster catchers, terns, egrets and herons are arriving on tiny Crab Bank to nest, and you can watch. → Read More
Rest of shrimp waters to open
The nearshore heart of shrimping grounds open Monday, state regulators have announced. And they’re expecting good eats. → Read More
Activists call for attorney general to intervene in double shooting case
Moncks Corner — Calling the killing of two men who were buried in a backyard blatant murder, civil rights activist Elder James Johnson said Wednesday his group would not stand for the trial of James Edward Loftis to be handled as a “sta → Read More
Blinded turtle, four other loggerheads, go back to sea after treatment
ISLE OF PALMS — Barb Gobien took a deep breath to calm herself and hoisted Boyles one more time closer to the surf. → Read More
Rescued huge sea turtle heads back to sea
The 440-pound leatherback sea turtle that rescuers pulled from the marsh behind Folly Beach on Friday, returned to sea Saturday. South Carolina Aquarium and S.C. Department of Natural Resources staff released it at Folly Beach County Park. The leathe → Read More
Pollinating a park: Meggett site eyed for groundbreaking idea
MEGGETT — Make no mistake: This is all about the birds and the bees and a vision. → Read More