Forty Pounds of Spirit
by Rosanne McDowell

There's more to Boykin spaniels than just soulful topaz eyes. For proof, check out the "little brown dogs" (LBDs to their fans) at the Boykin Spaniel Society’s annual field trials.

Dinner Is Served!
by Paula Feldman; photos by Patricia Schaefer

Atlantic bottlenose dolphins are intelligent, social animals, traits they put to effective use while "strand feeding" in groups along the tidal creeks and marshes of the South Carolina Lowcountry.

For Wildlife Watchers: Chuck-Will's-Widow
by Rob Simbeck

Chuck-will's-widows do well in the open pine savannas once common in South Carolina.