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The fruiting bodies of bird's nest fungiresemble tiny egg-filled birds' nests.

Today is the birthday of the American composer George Whitefield Chadwick, born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1854. Chadwick is one of those composers who…

“B” is for Bachman, John [1790-1874]. Clergyman, naturalist. Born in New York, Bachman moved to Charleston in 1815 to become the pastor of St. John's…

“A” if for the ACE Basin. The ACE basin consists of around 350,000 acres in the watershed of the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto Rivers in the South…

“A” is for the ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge. Established in 1990, the ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge is part of the federal system of refuges…

"F" is for the Farmer's Alliance. Founded in the 1870s in Texas, the National Farmers' Alliance and its segregated counterpart the Colored Farmers'…

"B" is for Banov, Leon [1888-1971]. Physician. Public Health Official. Born in Poland, Banov immigrated to Charleston at the age of eight. He received his…

The year 2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein’s life was, more dramatically and certainly more publicly than…

“L” is for Loggerhead Turtle. State Reptile. The loggerhead turtle, a threatened species, is one of the world’s eight living species of turtles and…

Today is the birthday of the composer Paul Hindemith, who was born near Frankfurt, Germany, in 1895. Hindemith originally trained as a violinist and a…