The National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count begins this weekend on the N.C. coast. For more than 100 years, “citizen scientists” all over the country have scanned the skies counting birds and compiling invaluable data on hundreds of species.
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Mistletoe: A Native Plant Steeped in Lore
Our naturalist Sam Bland traces the stories that link this semi-parasitic plant with Christmas and smooching and tells how you can collect your own mistletoe.
Red Wolf Program Ends Its 25th Year
Twenty-five years after the first red wolves were released into the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, the success of the Red Wolf Recovery Program is intertwined in an uneasy relationship with the wolf’s close cousin, the coyote.
Enjoy the Holiday Celestial Light Show
The Geminid meteor shower, the final major meteor shower of every year and one of the best, peaks overnight Dec. 13 and Dec. 14, though you can see Geminid meteors any evening starting Thursday.
State Still Struggles to Keep N.C. 12 Passable
More than a month after Hurricane Sandy passed the N.C. coast, state highway officials are still trying to keep traffic moving along Hatteras Island’s main roadway.
Venus Flytrap: History of the ‘Tippitywichit’
A Wilmington historian tells how the world learned of this gloriously peculiar plant that grew in the land of the lower Cape Fear.
Possible Uranium Mining Raises Fears
While Virginia ponders mining uranium, residents along the Roanoke River, state officials and legislators worry about the consequences for North Carolina.
Pelican Award Winner: April Clark
The Swansboro resident left a stressful, corporate life to start a yoga and eco-tourism business and to work for the protection of the coastal environment.
Superstorm Sandy: Now the New Normal?
Scientists wonder if a fundamental change in the Earth’s climate has made very rare hybrid storms like Sandy now more probable.
Wider Beach Saved S. Nags Head
A beach re-nourishment project is credited with minimizing damage in South Nags Heads during Hurricane Sandy.
The Rachel Carson Reserve
Majestic wild horses are just some of the creatures that inhabit this wildlife oasis just a short paddle from the Beaufort waterfront.
The Comeback of the Wild Turkey
On this Thanksgiving, its seems appropriate to consider the story of our native wild turkeys. Once very rare, they are now everywhere. These birds are at the center of one of the great conservation success stories in state history.
What Lurks in the Dark Abyss?
Goosefish like this one, deep water coral, cusks and mussels are just some of the creatures that researchers at the University of North Carolina Wilmington are finding in the deep submarine canyons along the East Coast.
Federation Urges CRC to Pass Groin Rules
The panel’s chairman, though, defends the decision to rely instead on a federal process to ensure that the requirements of a state law on terminal groins are met.
Solar Energy Providing Jobs in Eastern N.C.
The newest commercial-scale solar project near Bath will power about 2,000 homes and pump $20 million into the local economy.
Houses on the Beach and the Public Trust
A coastal community on the Outer Banks struggles with what to do with houses that end up in the public trust area due to beach erosion.
