It’s January, so what’s an outdoors lover to do?

By Justin Stokes and Tyson Grinstead special to The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette

A 25-year conservation easement that protects the woods is approaching its expiration date.

The initiative to save Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary has taken a giant step forward with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ recent approval of the $124 million Lower Harbor contract as part of the Charleston Harbor Post 45 Deepening project.

South Carolina's bird species will serve as foreshadowing for the effects of a changing climate

Nearly two-thirds of the bird species seen every day in places across the nation could be lost by the end of the century

Hummingbirds are those colorful tiny birds that pull nectar from flowers like bees, flitting back and forth or hovering with their wings seemingly nonstop

In a remote area of Jackson lies one of Aiken County's greatest treasures – a 3,400-acre sanctuary that's as rich in wildlife as it is in history.

Audubon's Silver Bluff Center and Sanctuary is fundraising for a public project to help accommodate the increasingly large number of school children that visit the site each year.

The American Oystercatcher chicks have struggled in an urban environment in all three years, and their parents’ selection of a rooftop shows the pressures on their natural habitat.