NatureNotes

These snakes emerge from hibernation early in the Spring.

Opossums are South Carolina's only marsupials.

These small snakes are pretty common in backyards.

A listener in West Columbia finds silk covered "balls" hanging from a tree limb.

Pulling weeds from a flower bed, a listener finds the vertebrae of a bony fish. 

The Red Bellied Woodpecker was first described by naturalists in the colony of Carolina. Its scientific name is Melanerpes carolinus.

A listener finds two varieties of Northern Water Snake sunning together.

Rudy shares some of Longfellow's poetry, "If Spring Came but Once a Year."

Today is the first day of Spring, 2018!

The common name for this mold is pretty darned descriptive.

You'll often find Carolina Wrens "hiding" in the corner of porches.

A listener spots a moth on her porch, and it's not one that's often seen, though it lives throughout the state.

South Carolina has two, very similar "water bugs," the Water Boatman and the Backswimmer, both found in fresh water.

A listener finds vertebra on the beach on the Isle of Palms...

A listener finds some strange looking masses in some standing water in a roadside ditch.

A listener finds a moth, newly emerged from its cocoon.

A listener spots a Red Fox in daylight. Is it unusual for one to be abroad during the day?

A listener finds a new type of lizard in his backyard.

When you see these butterflies out and about, you know Spring is at hand.

A listener finds egg masses from a resident of his yard.

Rudy shares some words attributed Sir Issac Newton.

A listener finds "something from an alien environment" in his yard.

Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. Sago palms are actually cycads, which are grouped with gymnosperms like pine trees. They are among the oldest seed plants to evolve on our planet.   Cycad fossils date back to almost 300 million years ago and once flourished worldwide.  They were the dominant plant group during the Mesozoic; the period sometimes called both the age of the dinosaur and the age of the cycads.

A listener spots an Eastern Phoebe in her yard.

The case of the disappearing dandelions.

They look like they might be man-made, but, they are not.

The female Bagworm Moth is wingless.

This fungus gets part of its common name from its shape.

A listener finds a flock of Cedar Waxwings drinking in his backyard.

A listener finds a skull...