Category: News

Today, I found some interesting little plants growing in the woods near my house. They never get tall—only a few inches above the forest floor—and, the leaves are green …

Toast a brioche bun (or your favorite sandwich bread) and add mayonnaise to the bottom bun until you feel like you should stop.  Add lettuce first then tomato to …

Every year in early April, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds return to the Chattanooga area. Migrating from Mexico where they spent the winter, they arrived in the United States just two weeks …

Last fall, he kindly offered his boat to the South Carolina Aquarium for a climate change resilience discussion with Congressman Cunningham and local seafood allies. While many of us …

Welcome to another page from the Naturalist’s Notebook. I hope you have been having fun exploring the nature all around your house or neighborhood. If this blog encourages you …

Tell us about your history working with dolphins. I have worked with Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in a managed care setting doing training, husbandry, and research. I have also studied …

At night I’ve discovered there are many creatures lurking, crawling and flying around my house. I am speaking of the six-legged kind. Do you know what group of animals …

Are you sniffling a lot these days? Maybe sneezing every now and then? Are your eyes itchy? Is your voice, like mine, scratchy?  Thousands of people are suffering these …

Though the Aquarium is currently closed to the public, our animal care continues behind the scenes. We’re virtually turning our walls into windows and bringing you along to shadow …

In the last post of Naturalist’s Notebook, I mentioned an ant experiment I’d done which involved giving food to ants to see what would happen. Experiments are funny. Sometimes …