
The Edge of Life
Season 1 Episode 7 | 26mVideo has Closed Captions
Many plants & animals are at their southern-most or northern-most range here in NC.
Much of the life on the North Carolina Coast has its beginning in vast spartina marshes. The birds, turtles, mollusks, finfish, and crustaceans that depend on marshes will be your hosts in this shallow, quiet world of beauty and productivity. The salt marsh is a place where North meets South, in that many plants and animals are at their southern-most or northern-most range here in North Carolina.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Exploring North Carolina is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
UNC-TV, Natural World Productions, LLC, WRAL-TV and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

The Edge of Life
Season 1 Episode 7 | 26mVideo has Closed Captions
Much of the life on the North Carolina Coast has its beginning in vast spartina marshes. The birds, turtles, mollusks, finfish, and crustaceans that depend on marshes will be your hosts in this shallow, quiet world of beauty and productivity. The salt marsh is a place where North meets South, in that many plants and animals are at their southern-most or northern-most range here in North Carolina.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch Exploring North Carolina
Exploring North Carolina is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
- Science and Nature

Explore scientific discoveries on television's most acclaimed science documentary series.

- Science and Nature

Capturing the splendor of the natural world, from the African plains to the Antarctic ice.












Support for PBS provided by:
Exploring North Carolina is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
UNC-TV, Natural World Productions, LLC, WRAL-TV and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences