Have you ever considered that reincarnation is the next level after your days on this earth are over? If so, what would you like to be? A few years back, I designed a T-shirt for a king mackerel …

If islands had personalities, Myrtle Island would be that elegant Southern grandmama who swears she’s always been sophisticated, despite a family photo album that tells a very different story. …

October has arrived, and we are finally beginning to see some relief from the summer heat here in the Lowcountry. While we can still expect plenty of warm afternoons, our mornings and evenings are …

As you might imagine, I am an avid weather watcher. I’m not talking about flipping on the Weather Channel and waiting for its segment called “Local on the 8s” — no sir, I’m talking more …

What if a beach could be a great place for people and an important place for birds, too? That’s the idea behind Hilton Head Island’s Wildlife Beach Area, a small stretch of Fish Haul Beach …

Six people with connections to Hilton Head Island’s history, culture and development will speak at the Coastal Discovery Museum this fall as part of its 2026 Legends & Luminaries Speaker …

Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island will mark what the organization describes as its second-most successful season with a year-end event Nov. 10 at Poseidon Rooftop in Shelter Cove. “Beyond …

There is a silent invasion happening all around us in the Lowcountry, wreaking havoc on the vulnerable creatures in our community that help make our flowers bloom and our crops grow. Scientists …

That pile of leaves under your trees may be just a pile of leaves. But in the Lowcountry, it’s worth looking twice for an unwanted resident before reaching down. Copperheads are easy to miss. …

The Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry has received a $7,500 grant to support licensing, equipment and supplies for its new James Fisher childcare location. The grant, awarded through the …

Hilton Head Island’s sea turtle nesting season is winding down after one of its busiest years in recent history, but Turtle Trackers Hilton Head Island volunteers are continuing an education effort …

Volunteers will fan out along the May River and through surrounding areas Sept. 19 as Bluffton takes part in the 37th annual Beach Sweep/River Sweep. The cleanup will run from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at …

For more than 50 years, Audubon Newhall Preserve has been a special place on Hilton Head Island, a 54-acre forest where residents and visitors can walk among towering pines, discover birds and other …

Even if you don’t fish, most of the time you think of a character like Tom Sawyer sitting on the banks of the Mississippi with a straw hat, cane pole and the sound of cicadas just a-clickin’ in …

We hope that everyone is having a great August so far. With summer nearing the back end and kids going back to school, afternoon showers are becoming more frequent, along with a little fluctuation in …

Beaufort County Mosquito Control has confirmed the first mosquito samples of 2026 to test positive for West Nile virus, prompting increased surveillance and additional mosquito treatment efforts in …

Yesterday, as I was driving home from magistrate’s court, where I pleaded for leniency after receiving my first speeding ticket in nearly 20 years, I concluded that people have been right all along …

When was the last time you stood quietly in a place and simply marveled at nature? Listened to birdsong drifting through the trees, watched white ibises glide overhead, or paused as a snowy egret …

When it gets so darn hot here that the trees begin chasing the dogs, there is only one thing to do. For me, at least, I head for the mountains in north Georgia or the area near Brevard, North …

Collaborators from the University of South Carolina Beaufort are among the contributors to a paper on coral conservation published in Science Advances, a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by …