A boater in the Murrells Inlet area got stuck in the pluff mud. The Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire Department was brought in ...

It’s earthy, pungent, and oddly invigorating—the unmistakable scent of pluff mud. For locals and visitors alike, pluff mud is more than just a feature of the landscape; it’s a cultural ...

Getting stuck in the pluff mud is common. Calling the fire department to be rescued from it is not. The Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire Department pulled a fisherman stranded on a personal pontoon ...

Wounded Nature Working Veterans was hard at work Saturday cleaning up tidal marshes and teaching others about the importance ...

A street race and high-speed police pursuit early Sunday morning sent a Dodge Charger careening off a sharp bend and into the pluff mud near downtown Beaufort. Both occupants were hospitalized and ...

Nearly 60 volunteers gathered at Remleys Point Public Boat Landing in the early morning before venturing into the pluff mud or by boat to clean up trash and debris from the marsh.

However, new research is observing that horseshoe crabs are nesting in the salt marsh too, piling their eggs into pluff mud where the eggs are seemingly safer from predators. Dr. Daniel Sasson is ...