The recent earthquake reminds us that the Carolinas have their faults.

A listener finds a few vertebrae on the beach, along with a bone he doesn't recognize...

A listener finds the remains of an animal on the beach...

A listener on the Chattooga River comes upon a black racer snake preying on a garter snake...

Trichonephila clavipes is a species of the genus Trichonephila indigenous to continental North and South America. In the United States, it is commonly known as the "banana spider" and "golden silk orb-weaver."

The Eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera (Beauvois)) is a large colorful flightless grasshopper that often comes to the attention of Florida homeowners. It is native to Florida and the Southeastern Coastal Plain of the U.S.

The eastern dobsonfly, Corydalus cornutus, is a large insect in the Corydalidae family. It is found in eastern North America in regions with fast-flowing streams where its aquatic larvae develop. These are known as hellgrammites and are among the top invertebrate predators in the streams in which they live.

The American mink (Neovison vison) is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to North America, though human intervention has expanded its range to many parts of Europe and South America.

Cemophora coccinea, commonly known as the northern scarlet snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the southeastern United States.

Members of the Prionus genus are large and usually brown or black. All members of the genus Prionus have twelve or more strongly toothed or even flabellate antennomeres on their large antennae. Common North American species include the "Tile-horned Prionus", Prionus imbricornis, the "California root borer", Prionus californicus, and the "Broad-necked root borer", Prionus laticollis.