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A Venus flytrap shows off its perhaps little-appreciated blooms, which are often overlooked, as compared with the other, better-known, insect-trapping attributes of this carnivorous plant. Photo: Mark Hibbs
*We will not publish Thursday and Friday in observation of Thanksgiving.
*We will not publish Thursday and Friday in observation of Thanksgiving.
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A Venus flytrap shows off its perhaps little-appreciated blooms, which are often overlooked, as compared with the other, better-known, insect-trapping attributes of this carnivorous plant. Photo: Mark Hibbs
*We will not publish Thursday and Friday in observation of Thanksgiving.
*We will not publish Thursday and Friday in observation of Thanksgiving.
A recent visit to Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge offered little in the way of migratory waterfowl but did yield this glimpse of a whitetail doe through the trees. The refuge, established in 1934, spans some 50,000 acres, including the 40,000-acre Lake Mattamuskeet. Photo: Kip Tabb
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A recent visit to Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge offered little in the way of migratory waterfowl but did yield this glimpse of a whitetail doe through the trees. The refuge, established in 1934, spans some 50,000 acres, including the 40,000-acre Lake Mattamuskeet. Photo: Kip Tabb
A gull keeps watch from atop the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division’s vehicle ferry Kinnakeet as it plies the Neuse River between Minnesott Beach and Cherry Branch. Photo: Mark Hibbs
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A gull keeps watch from atop the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division’s vehicle ferry Kinnakeet as it plies the Neuse River between Minnesott Beach and Cherry Branch. Photo: Mark Hibbs
Danielle Carey of Holly Ridge recently submitted this image of various shorebirds congregating on a sand bank in the Sneads Ferry area as if time for a shift change.
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Danielle Carey of Holly Ridge recently submitted this image of various shorebirds congregating on a sand bank in the Sneads Ferry area as if time for a shift change.
Barbara Johnson of Morehead City carries a pumpkin Thursday across the grounds of the First Presbyterian Church on Arendell Street during the annual Pumpkin Patch fundraising event that benefits the children and youth ministry program. Photo: Dylan Ray
October 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Barbara Johnson of Morehead City carries a pumpkin Thursday across the grounds of the First Presbyterian Church on Arendell Street during the annual Pumpkin Patch fundraising event that benefits the children and youth ministry program. Photo: Dylan Ray
Fingerstyle guitarist and vocalist Noah Cobb, 18, of Greenville, performs Saturday at the New Village Brewery in Oriental as part of the Pamlico County village’s two-day Ol’ Front Porch Music Festival. Photo: Mark Hibbs
October 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Fingerstyle guitarist and vocalist Noah Cobb, 18, of Greenville, performs Saturday at the New Village Brewery in Oriental as part of the Pamlico County village’s two-day Ol’ Front Porch Music Festival. Photo: Mark Hibbs
Storm swell associated with Hurricane Imelda breaks Tuesday along the Bogue Banks shore at Oceanana Fishing Pier in Atlantic Beach. Photo: Dylan Ray
September 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Storm swell associated with Hurricane Imelda breaks Tuesday along the Bogue Banks shore at Oceanana Fishing Pier in Atlantic Beach. Photo: Dylan Ray
Wild horses cross tidal waters from Town Marsh to Bird Shoal along Beaufort’s barrier islands, which are part of the Rachel Carson Reserve, in Carteret County. Photo: Dylan Ray
September 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Wild horses cross tidal waters from Town Marsh to Bird Shoal along Beaufort’s barrier islands, which are part of the Rachel Carson Reserve, in Carteret County. Photo: Dylan Ray
A male luna moth finds a perch in the branches of a Japanese maple near Russell Creek in Beaufort. The species flies mostly at night and is found statewide this time of year in and near hardwood forests, wooded residential areas and, on barrier islands, in maritime forests. Photo: Dylan Ray
August 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A male luna moth finds a perch in the branches of a Japanese maple near Russell Creek in Beaufort. The species flies mostly at night and is found statewide this time of year in and near hardwood forests, wooded residential areas and, on barrier islands, in maritime forests. Photo: Dylan Ray
People on Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head watch as waves generated by Hurricane Erin crash into the concrete structure that’s part of the North Carolina Aquariums system. The storm’s center was about 260 miles east of Cape Hatteras at midday Thursday and moving out to sea. Photo: Kip Tabb
August 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
People on Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head watch as waves generated by Hurricane Erin crash into the concrete structure that’s part of the North Carolina Aquariums system. The storm’s center was about 260 miles east of Cape Hatteras at midday Thursday and moving out to sea. Photo: Kip Tabb
NCDOT Ferry Division vehicle ferry Avon prepares to dock at the Minnesott Beach Ferry Terminal in Pamlico County, making one of the service’s daily, 20-minute trips each way, back and forth between here and the Cherry Branch terminal across the Neuse River in Craven County. Photo: Dylan Ray
July 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
NCDOT Ferry Division vehicle ferry Avon prepares to dock at the Minnesott Beach Ferry Terminal in Pamlico County, making one of the service’s daily, 20-minute trips each way, back and forth between here and the Cherry Branch terminal across the Neuse River in Craven County. Photo: Dylan Ray
Fishing lines, sunshades and beachgoers crowd an Emerald Isle beach while two seagulls fly overhead, with another in the foreground searching for food. Photo: Robert Watkins
July 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Fishing lines, sunshades and beachgoers crowd an Emerald Isle beach while two seagulls fly overhead, with another in the foreground searching for food. Photo: Robert Watkins
A wall of sandbags extends along the roadside far into the distance aside NC 12 on the north end of Ocracoke Island. This is where washouts and erosion from storm surge repeatedly chew away at the barrier island, part of the normal ocean dynamics that humans often try to control. Photo: Dylan Ray
June 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A wall of sandbags extends along the roadside far into the distance aside NC 12 on the north end of Ocracoke Island. This is where washouts and erosion from storm surge repeatedly chew away at the barrier island, part of the normal ocean dynamics that humans often try to control. Photo: Dylan Ray
Least terns are excellent fish-catchers. Males also catch and display fish during courting, which is what we assumed is going on here. There’s only one problem with that theory: After showing it to the female, when she finally showed interest, he flew away. Photo: William Birkemeier
June 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Least terns are excellent fish-catchers. Males also catch and display fish during courting, which is what we assumed is going on here. There’s only one problem with that theory: After showing it to the female, when she finally showed interest, he flew away. Photo: William Birkemeier
A mother black bear and three cubs stroll along Creef Cut Wildlife Trail in Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, located on the Albemarle Peninsula in eastern North Carolina. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommends staying at least 1,000 yards away from bears. Photo: Karen Lebing, USFWS
May 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A mother black bear and three cubs stroll along Creef Cut Wildlife Trail in Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, located on the Albemarle Peninsula in eastern North Carolina. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommends staying at least 1,000 yards away from bears. Photo: Karen Lebing, USFWS
An anole sends out a message to potential mates by flexing his throat to reveal a show of color in a Beaufort garden. Photo: Dylan Ray
May 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
An anole sends out a message to potential mates by flexing his throat to reveal a show of color in a Beaufort garden. Photo: Dylan Ray
A daddy longlegs stretches recently on the leaf of a sweetbay magnolia, a native species on the North Carolina coast. Often called harvestmen and mistakenly identified as spiders, the insect is an arachnid that has been found everywhere on Earth except Antarctica. Photo: Mark Hibbs
May 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A daddy longlegs stretches recently on the leaf of a sweetbay magnolia, a native species on the North Carolina coast. Often called harvestmen and mistakenly identified as spiders, the insect is an arachnid that has been found everywhere on Earth except Antarctica. Photo: Mark Hibbs
Coastal Review will not publish Friday, April 18.
April 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Coastal Review will not publish Friday, April 18.
A calf lies in a field of spring flowers near the Haystacks area of Morehead City in Carteret County. Photo: Dylan Ray
April 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A calf lies in a field of spring flowers near the Haystacks area of Morehead City in Carteret County. Photo: Dylan Ray
A state Department of Transportation crew works high above the Newport River inspecting the underside of the Morehead City-Beaufort high-rise bridge next to the state port. Photo: Dylan Ray
March 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A state Department of Transportation crew works high above the Newport River inspecting the underside of the Morehead City-Beaufort high-rise bridge next to the state port. Photo: Dylan Ray
An angler tries his luck beneath the Scuppernong River Bridge on the the Scuppernong River Boardwalk at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge visitor center in Tyrrell County. Money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was appropriated to replace the boardwalk next year. Photo: Mark Hibbs
March 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
An angler tries his luck beneath the Scuppernong River Bridge on the the Scuppernong River Boardwalk at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge visitor center in Tyrrell County. Money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was appropriated to replace the boardwalk next year. Photo: Mark Hibbs
A lone cypress stands apart from those closer to the shoreline at the old mill pond in Carteret County that was originally part of a tract owned by Welshman Robert Williams, who settled in Carteret County in 1763. Williams created the mill pond by having a dam built on Black Creek. Photo: Dylan Ray
February 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A lone cypress stands apart from those closer to the shoreline at the old mill pond in Carteret County that was originally part of a tract owned by Welshman Robert Williams, who settled in Carteret County in 1763. Williams created the mill pond by having a dam built on Black Creek. Photo: Dylan Ray
Fog blankets the cannons Monday at Fort Macon State Park in Carteret County. Built during the decade after the War of 1812 to defend Beaufort Inlet, the fort was taken by Union forces early during the Civil War and was never again relinquished to the Confederates. Photo: Dylan Ray
February 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Fog blankets the cannons Monday at Fort Macon State Park in Carteret County. Built during the decade after the War of 1812 to defend Beaufort Inlet, the fort was taken by Union forces early during the Civil War and was never again relinquished to the Confederates. Photo: Dylan Ray
An immature white ibis nearly blends into its surroundings as it forages just off a Bodie Island trail that ends at a series of creeks southwest of the lighthouse. Photo: Kip Tabb
January 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
An immature white ibis nearly blends into its surroundings as it forages just off a Bodie Island trail that ends at a series of creeks southwest of the lighthouse. Photo: Kip Tabb
Snow covers Front Street in Beaufort Wednesday morning as the winter storm continues to blanket Carteret County and much of coastal North Carolina. Photo: Dylan Ray
January 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Snow covers Front Street in Beaufort Wednesday morning as the winter storm continues to blanket Carteret County and much of coastal North Carolina. Photo: Dylan Ray