Conservation Corner: Home for the Holidays

Howdy holidays, y’all! With shorter days and lower temperatures, I find this time of year is best for drinking a warm cup of tea, snuggling up to my senior orange cat, Darwin, and as of lately, writing. In September, I embarked on a year-long creative writing workshop, Writing the Wild. Through this program, I’ve been […]

Deep-Sea Corals: Holiday Edition

I’m dreaming of a white coral…  Lophelia, of course! These deep-sea corals are naturally white in color, different from their colorful surface-level counterparts.       Deep beneath the surface and just 6o miles off the coast of South Carolina, the Blake Plateau is a winter wonderland. No, really! Temperatures along the Blake Plateau average a chilly […]