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09/17/2023

Amazing adaptation: Spiny Brittle Star can Amputate Own Arm!

Spiny Brittle Stars, Ophioptrix angulata, have an incredible adaptation: they can detach their own arms to elude predators!Brittle stars look a little like worms lurking within the folds of the sponge, but when you look closely, you can see the central disk within the five arms. They often move qui

08/21/2023

Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers are Colorful and Flightless

Last week at Dorchester Colonial site, I thought I saw a toad meandering through the grass. Looking closer, I saw a huge Eastern Lubber grasshopper clumsily wandering through the grass. When we stopped to look at it, we realized that there were grasshoppers everywhere!These very colorful grasshopp

04/21/2023

Piping Plover Stopover in the Midst of 3500 km Flight

Last year, we were so excited to enter banding data on a Piping Plover that was in the middle of a migration to the Great Lakes. This week, there was a relatively large flock of Piping Plovers on the Beach, (more than I have ever seen here) and I could catch the numbers on the leg flags of two of

02/01/2024

More Aerials from December 17 Nor’Easter

Some folks have requested these photos as they navigate insurance. It’s been six weeks, and we are almost back to normal. Mid Storm December 17When my next door neighbor and I realized we couldn’t even navigate between our houses on dry land, Reggie flew the drone to see what the roads on the isla

12/27/2023

Dewees Marina Waterline Photos for Car Insurance Claims — December 17, 2023 Nor’easter Storm

Our side of Charleston experienced a huge winter storm on December 17. This article is intended to make it easy for our neighbors who had cars flooded in the Dewees Island Marina at 46 41st Avenue, Isle of Palms, SC 29451 to share information and photos with their insurance companies. See Judy’s p