Browsing: Environment

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) will celebrate World Ocean Day on June 8 by highlighting important ways for Gulf Coast residents to love and protect our oceans.

Common names for many plants and animals reflect something about their physical appearances or key attributes. Sawgrass is certainly one…

As a young child on a cow farm in rural Marshall County, Dr. Holley Muraco grew up with a passion…

Imani Harper helped plant a tree in Moss Point when she was 12 years old. Now 13, this young lady…

When Dr. Holley Muraco, a world-renowned dolphin expert, was growing up in the small town of Potts Camp she developed…

The concept of a watershed can be overwhelming to comprehend. We may recognize pieces and parts, but the whole is…

Something about the name burrowing wolf spider just doesn’t sound right, right? We know wolf spiders as creatures that actively…

We all learned about the power of plants in elementary school when we studied photosynthesis. The word itself points out…

OXFORD, Miss. – When walking in the Grove or the Circle, one of the first things most people notice is…

I get maximum use out of my socks – just ask my wife Mary. Holes in the toes do not…

April showers bring May flowers to the Magnolia State as well as the tiny buzzing and treasured hummingbirds. These little…

Wax Myrtle is one of my favorite plants. It is one of the most common shrubs across our landscape, able…

Fishing is always interesting because you never really know what may be lurking in the waters into which you cast…

Have you ever heard a loud clapping sound coming from a marsh? It grabs your attention, and you find yourself…

Tidal marshes of the northern Gulf of Mexico are dominated by one species of plant – Black Needlerush. If you…

So many native plants in our world have uses to humans besides their appearance. In our modern world we are…