Your guide to North Carolina’s spring sky spectacles
So grab a picnic blanket and your eclipse glasses, because it’s about to get astronomical in the Old North State.
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2024
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NATURE
Dec
2023
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12 Animals That Have Been Observed Adopting Animals From Other Species
It's rare, but there is evidence of some animals behaving altruistically in nature. Stacker compiled a list of 12 animals that will adopt other animals.
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2023
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Good News Friday: NC Has the U.S.’ ‘Best Small Mountain Town’
Saturday is the first official day of fall and being in North Carolina makes it that much sweeter. Read on for NC Fall categories that we’re the best at.
Aug
2023
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Where are the most beautiful places in NC for outdoor fun (+ great pics)?
On the hunt for beautiful places in NC? North Carolina’s beaches, mountains, and rolling hills will leave you breathless.
Aug
2023
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5 Facts About NC Nature We Promise Aren’t Made Up
North Carolina's natural wonders are unmatched: We're talking the biggest gems, the first dinosaurs, and internationally recognized state parks.
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2023
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It’s the Year of the Trail in NC. Here Are 8 Trails To Get You Started.
The “Year of the Trail” is a two-birds-with-one-stone campaign and celebration of North Carolina’s “vast network of trails, greenways, and blueways.” Our list includes land and water trails.
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How Trump’s rollbacks to the Endangered Species Act could impact NC
| January 15, 2026
The Trump administration wants to roll back the Endangered Species Act, a law that experts say has been key to preserving animals like the bald eagle and the red wolf.
Army Corps of Engineers wants to dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists tally the costs.
| January 13, 2026
By the time the Army Corps of Engineers is finished, 35 million cubic yards of silt and sand, plus the creatures that live in it, would be scraped and slurped from the Cape Fear River.
North Carolina researchers look into what could be a new kind of dinosaur
| October 30, 2025
North Carolina researchers say they've unraveled a long-running mystery into a mysterious tyrannosaur skeleton that they say is a new kind of dinosaur.
Why 2025 could be a huge year if North Carolina wants to save the red wolf
| February 23, 2025
This year could be a milestone year in protection and recovery efforts for the red wolf in North Carolina, a species that in recent years has dwindled to a critically low population.
Whistleblower sounds alarm about destruction of tribal sites in North Carolina
| November 15, 2024
An archaeologist with the U.S. Forest Service warned his managers that some projects threatened tribal artifacts still hidden in national forest lands in North Carolina. Instead his managers ignored and retaliated against him often violating historic preservation laws, the archeologist said. Spear points, hammer stones and picks lost to history under layers of leaves, roots […]
Check out the cleanest beaches in North Carolina
| May 8, 2024
If you're searching for the cleanest beaches in North Carolina, there are plenty of coastal gems worth exploring.