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Naturalist’s Notebook: Hurricanes, People, and Piping Plovers

Dave Shaw

Jun 2, 2023

Hook, Line & Science

Sonar imaging revealed when different-sized fish visit oyster reefs. 
image: Okracoke Island is shown with a mounted sign that reads: "Stop. No one allowed beyond this point."

Jun 2, 2023

From Portsmouth to Aurora

As impacts from climate change heighten, our state finds new strategies for new challenges.
image: J. Drew Lanham.

May 25, 2023

The Art of Being You: Ecology, Psychology, and the Art of Being You

Growing up on a family farm in Edgefield, South Carolina, Joseph Drew Lanham, “Drew,” to many, knew he wanted to be an ornithologist by the third grade. As a Black naturalist, writer, and MacArthur Fellow, Lanham chooses to combine science with blunt realities...

Apr 18, 2023

Sustaining Iconic Fish

“I wanted to be a marine biologist, basically from the moment I watched a National Geographic video featuring Dr. Eugenie Clark. She was my hero growing up,” says Matt Damiano, an alumnus from North Carolina State University’s Department of Applied Ecology.

Apr 11, 2023

ShellCast App Expands into Southeastern Waters

A digital tool for North Carolina’s Shellfish growers soon will forecast last-minute lease closures in Florida and South Carolina, too. BY CARRIE CLOWER In early 2022, ShellCast debuted as a…
image: architectural design, Duffyfield neighborhood street view.

Apr 5, 2023

Resilience and Redevelopment in Duffyfield

After Hurricane Florence flooded an African American neighborhood with a long history of strength after adversity, a team of community leaders, researchers, and students has been working to restore housing and preserve community history.
image: researchers at work on a partially submerged shipwreck.

Apr 3, 2023

The Mystery Ship Off Pappy Lane

Weeks of diving and mapping revealed a ship that had found its way from the turbulence of the Pacific Ocean to its final resting place at the bottom of the shallow, murky Pamlico Sound.
image: the Ricky Moore video shoot.

Mar 29, 2023

Mariner’s Menu: Lights, Camera, Crab Cakes

Mariner’s Menu, North Carolina Sea Grant’s popular online seafood guide, features blogger and photographer Vanda Lewis’s pictures with hundreds of recipes that Joyce Taylor developed. And now you can watch an expert prepare two Mariner’s Menu classics – as well as a brand new recipe.
NASA Image

Mar 28, 2023

Coastal Currents

North Carolina Space Grant is offering two opportunities to discover distant worlds — and much more — on one big weekend. On April 21, the NC Space Symposium will feature NASA experts and student research in Raleigh. That night and the next, the Statewide Star Party will take place.

Mar 28, 2023

Naturalist’s Notebook: Hurricanes, People, and Piping Plovers

A new study looked at the long-term mating habits of piping plovers before and after protective measures went into effect.