Many families share the same Thanksgiving tradition of going around the table and saying something that they are thankful for. What did you say this past year? Your health? Your family? Something that is never mentioned, but arguably makes spending Thanksgiving with your family possible is...the horseshoe crab. If you’ve…
Dec
07
Nov
20
It finally feels like fall in the Lowcountry! The heat is no longer engulfing us, the sunlight dissipates when the work day ends, and the beaches have become a location for locals again. Around this time of year, nostalgia starts to kick in as we trek home for the holidays,…
Nov
01
It was a very ominous evening as guests fought the sheets of rain to make it to the second Holland Lifelong Learning lecture of the season. After guests dried off, grabbed a glass of wine to warm up and found their seats, they were introduced to a real-life scient... errr…
Oct
26
Happy National Seafood Month! If you’re like me, you’ve been counting the days until the first oyster roast of the season. Even when October has come and gone, we can still celebrate our local, sustainable fisheries and seafood all year long with South Carolina Aquarium Good Catch and our Good…
Oct
04
On Wednesday, September 20, 150 guests enjoyed a brilliant sunset, small bites from Zoe’s Kitchen and sampled Ship’s Wheel Hard Cider. The cherry on top? Three groups of dolphins swam by easily visible from the South Carolina Aquarium’s Harbor Overlook Terrace. Bottlenose dolphins are a mainstay in the lowcountry and…
Sep
19
By Brian Wheat, Lowcountry Local First If you sifted through the local public television records in my hometown of Lockport, NY you might find some footage of a young Brian Wheat, big brown glasses and a chef’s hat (think Muppet chef meets Ralphie from The Christmas Story) providing a cooking…
Jul
12
We’ve all heard the staggering statistic that by 2050, there could be more plastic in the ocean than fish. On March 30, the South Carolina Aquarium’s Holland Lifelong Learning series held their finale at the Francis Marion Hotel, focusing on this pressing issue. Esteemed experts with professional perspectives of global…
May
25
Sea turtles are air breathing reptiles found in oceans around the globe, and their populations have been greatly threatened for many years. What is their biggest threat? Some would say it’s loss of habitat for nesting turtles, others would say pollution or the poaching of turtles and their eggs. But…
May
22
Lionfish are becoming a huge issue for the southern coast of the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Native to the Pacific but not to the Atlantic, they are an invasive species: a non-native species that has invaded an area and may have long-term…
May
04
Belton Elementary School, located in the quaint upstate town of Belton, SC, held their annual Earth Day celebration on April 21, and invited a couple of us from the South Carolina Aquarium to take part. The kids performed skits, songs and videos about keeping our planet healthy and listened intently to…
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