South Carolina’s wetlands are under assault, like those in other states, as a result of a Supreme Court ruling, a new report ...

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources reports salt marsh habitats among the most productive ecosystems on Earth.

Beyond its cultural significance, pluff mud plays a critical role in the health of South Carolina’s coastal ecosystem. The salt marshes where pluff mud accumulates act as natural buffers against ...

A boater in the Murrells Inlet area got stuck in the pluff mud. The Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire Department was brought in ...

Little Goat Island, a small piece of land sandwiched between Isle of Palms and Mount Pleasant, has been permanently shielded ...

A kayaker glides through a salt marsh tidal creek near Folly Beach ... are affecting tidal creeks that draw anglers to coastal South Carolina. Relatively few research projects have examined ...

Lowcountry Land Trust has announced its permanent protection of Little Goat Island, a sea island off Isle of Palms. The ...

However, new research is observing that horseshoe crabs are nesting in the salt marsh too ... is an assistant marine scientist with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR ...

When I was growing up in South Carolina, the oldest places I knew ... it seemed a sort of paradise—miles of empty beach on one side, miles of salt marsh and tidal creek on the other, separated ...

As flood threats rise, wetlands across South Carolina could play an important role in fending off high water before it soaks ...