Georgia Outdoor Episodes
The PBS show Georgia Outdoors, produced and hosted by veteran reporter Sharon Collins, has wonderful episodes on coastal wildlife and...
Soft Corals
Corals, related to jellyfish, are soft, tubular polyps with a crown of tentacles used to grab plankton from the water. The most familiar...
Gone Fishing
The Sherr family: sons Jared and Aaron, husband Barry, and father-in-law Saul Sherr surf fishing on Nannygoat Beach, Sapelo Island, 1987....
Jellyfish Ocean
Jellyfish are abundant along the Georgia coast. These pulsing bells are among the most primitive animals on earth. Their simple nervous...
Mossy Oaks
As I wrote in 'Marsh Mud and Mummichogs', the best-loved coastal tree is the live oak, Quercus virginiana. The low spreading branches,...
A Haven for Herons
The State of Georgia has done an exemplary job of preserving its tidal wetlands. According to the Georgia Department of Natural...
A Pistol-Packing Shrimp
When the tide is out, a staccato of sharp pops resounds from creek beds and pools backed up behind oyster reef dams in the marsh creeks....
Dolphins versus Porpoises
'Dolphin,' I said. 'No,' my husband Barry insisted, 'a dolphin is a fish, the marine mammal is a porpoise!' In revising my book 'Marsh...
The Curious Case of the Comatose Crabs
Blue crabs are the basis of an iconic, and important, fishery along the U.S. Atlantic Coast. Georgia fishermen typically land hundreds of...
Horseshoe Crabs: Living Fossils
The strangest animal one is likely to find on Georgia beaches is the Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Not a true crustacean,...
