On a cold, windy evening, a “pygmy” creature with “leaf”-like toes emerged from its hiding place in a remote region of South Africa. Undeterred by the weather, it scampered across the rocks.

Located along the southeast coast of the United States, South Carolina is mostly humid and subtropical, with mild winters and hot summers. Within the state, there are three main geographic regions ...

Gopher tortoises, lumbering creatures with rounded ... the park provides habitat for many rare and imperiled plants, such as pygmy fringe tree, and animals, such as Florida scrub jays and sand ...