Almost half of forage fish caught are used as bait for crustaceans. But overfishing is threatening forage fish stocks, so a small start-up in Greensboro developed an alternative bait.
Environment
Meet the Haw Riverkeeper, guardian of the river
Most rivers have an assigned watchdog, often called a riverkeeper. Meet Emily Sutton, the Haw River's newest riverkeeper.
Why NC State has more than one million bugs on file
North Carolina State University's bug museum houses 1.5 million specimens, attracting researchers from around the world.
Three reasons to value salt marshes
Close to 14 percent of North America's shorelines have been hardened by seawalls and other structures. But coastal hardening threatens salt marshes. Here's why we should care about marshes according to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences.
What happens in a marsh at night
See what marsh nightlife looks like as researchers with the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences explore and learn more about the importance of marshes.
How Wilson Bay was saved from more sewage pollution
Pollution from an overburdened sewage plant nearly destroyed Wilson Bay. Now a restoration effort has brought it back to life.
Sea level rise puts pressure on Hyde County
Hyde County, N.C.'s dike was first built to protect farmland from salt water intrusion. Now, residents say sea level rise presents a new concern.
Attack of the zombie crabs
Mud crabs have been infected by a parasite that turns them into ZOMBIE crabs.
State Park burns the forest in order to restore it
Park rangers at Carver's Creek State Park use "controlled burns" to help ecosystems and endangered species thrive.
Millions of bats are dying to ‘white-nose syndrome,’ biologists look for hope in NC's Coastal Plain
Biologists investigate why some bats on North Carolina's coast seem to be escaping a fungal disease that's killing bats across the U.S.