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The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, mostly black woodpecker native to North America. An insectivore, it inhabits deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific Coast. It is the largest extant woodpecker species in North America, with the possible exception of the ivory-billed woodpecker, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed be reclassified as extinct. It is also the third largest species of woodpecker in the world, after the great slaty woodpecker and the black woodpecker. "Pileated" refers to the bird's prominent red crest, from the Latin pileatus meaning "capped".

The eastern American toad is one of the earliest species in South Carolina to breed in the spring.

Darlington County was created in 1785, out of the southern third of the colonial-era judicial district of Cheraws.

Timmonsville native Johnny D. Boggs has worked cattle, been bucked off horses, shot rapids in a canoe, hiked across mountains and deserts, traipsed around ghost towns, and spent hours poring over microfilm in library archives -- all in the name of finding a good story. He was won a record nine Spur Awards from Western Writers of America, a Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and has been called by Booklist magazine "among the best western writers at work today."He joins Walter Edgar to talk about his career, his love of the American West, and about his new book, The Cobbler of Spanish Fort and Other Frontier Stories (2022, Five Star Publishing).

Our state is one of only a few that now has more people employed than before the pandemic. In fact, the latest numbers are the highest in South Carolina’s history. What are we doing that is “working” so well? Mike Switzer interviews Daniel Ellzey, executive director of the SC Department of Employment and Workforce (SC DEW).

The Chinese (or Asiatic) mantis (Tenodera sinensis) is a species of mantis native to Asia and the nearby islands. In 1896 this species was accidentally introduced by a nurseryperson at Mt. Airy near Philadelphia, United States. Tenodera sinensis feeds primarily on other insects, though adult females sometimes catch small vertebrates. For example, they have been observed feeding on hornets, spiders, grasshoppers, katydids, small reptiles, amphibians, and even hummingbirds.

February 19, 2022 — Movement in the state legislature on federal American Rescue Plan Act funding which could help to close the broadband gap in the Palmetto State; testimony from the first of several hearings on SC House bills dealing with critical race theory; state lawmakers propose tax cuts as they budget with a multibillion dollar surplus; and more.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Brantlee Broome about research underway related to children and food allergies. Dr. Broome is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at MUSC, and she is the lead researcher on a study focusing on helping caregivers of children newly diagnosed with food allergies.

February 22, 2022 — New research on the economic impact of domestic violence on South Carolina; the University of South Carolina's Dr. Bobby Donaldson on the Palmetto State's civil rights history; a preview of this week's state legislative action; and more.

“F” is for Fielding, Herbert Ulysses (1923-2015). Civil rights advocate, legislator.