Browsing: Environment

What a treat it is whenever you get to watch a hummingbird. The smallest migrant bird travels through the Mississippi…

Most folks who know me, know that I love spiders…and some snakes (cue that song of old), but mostly spiders.…

It’s that time of year when coastal residents keep gasoline in their automobiles, ice in their freezers and their eyes on named storms. When a storm gets a name, our attention status rises.

Tomato lovers may not realize that they are eating a fruit from a family of toxic plants – the Nightshades.…

Humans are obsessed with the beauty of flowers over other parts of the plants from whence they come. In that…

For hundreds of years here in Pascagoula, paddleboarding was the preferred means of transportation.

Paula Woodside just knew creating a wildlife sanctuary for orphaned raccoons was her calling, so she started the nonprofit facility Woodside Wildlife Rescue in 2019.

Humans have a thing for counting things. As a child, I could tell you how many baseball cards or marbles I had in my collections. How many different kinds also mattered – the key concept of the term diversity.

There is a lot of intrigue surrounding whale sharks. From their deceiving name to their enigmatic lifestyle there is still…

Davis Bayou Gulf Islands National Seashore Park in Ocean Springs is now offering two new programs to get you outdoors…

An oracle is a person that shares advice, prophecy, or a story that comes from a “divine” source. Three aspiring…

I have lost track of the times I have been asked about ways to discourage hawks from feeding on backyard…

Researchers with the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies are keeping a close eye on an area of beach in Pass…

The ways that carnivorous animals hunt, capture, and devour their prey can be brutal. This is especially true for insects…

Lots of animals, besides humans, sunbathe. In reality, humans are not that good at it, often causing more harm than…

The etymology, or history behind the names of plants and animals has always been of interest to me, especially when…