Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re ever out on a Lowcountry beach you might encounter pluff mud — an ultra-sticky substance that both sinks and stinks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've ever paid a visit to South Carolina, you know a few things to be true: There's nothing more beautiful than the Carolina ...

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 ...

Ever gotten stuck in some suspicious-looking sand at a Lowcountry beach before? Chances are, it probably wasn’t just sand. Unique to the Lowcountry, pluff mud is commonly found along salt marshes and ...

If you’re ever out on a Lowcountry beach you might encounter pluff mud — an ultra-sticky substance that both sinks and stinks. While pluff mud is an integral part of the Grand Strand’s ecosystem, you ...