Lindsey Liles

Lindsey Liles joined Garden & Gun in 2020 after completing a master’s in literature in Scotland and a Fulbright grant in Brazil. The Arkansas native is G&G’s digital reporter, covering all aspects of the South, and she especially enjoys putting her biology background to use by writing about wildlife and conservation. She lives on Johns Island, South Carolina.

Field Guide

Songbirds, raptors, hummingbirds…everybody is on the move. Here are some tips for spotting (and supporting) the feathered globetrotters—plus an exciting new tool from Audubon

Field Guide

Here’s what to know—including some surprising facts—about the miniature predators slithering around the landscape

Recipes

Gooey cinnamon rolls get a citrus and pecan upgrade at the rural Virginia bakery

Food & Drink

Brian Noyes talks pandemic baking, ugly tomatoes, and borrowing from the family recipe stash

Food & Drink

Chef Rob Newton dishes on his new coffee shop and the Southern purveyors he relies on

Conservation

The struggling butterflies have been placed on the endangered list by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Here’s what you can do to help

Conservation

One fragment at a time, the Mote Marine Laboratory is rebuilding the coral ecosystems of the Keys

Land & Conservation

Biologists are on a mission to save the tiny Florida grasshopper sparrow before it’s too late

Food & Drink

Celebrate peach season with a sweet twist on a soul food classic

Conservation

Tennessee biologists race to save the tiny, endangered—and stunningly beautiful—residents of our waters

Food & Drink

And then mix it into a cocktail or three

Food & Drink

Tarciani Harger melds a background in fashion design with her Brazilian roots to conjure unbelievable desserts in Greenville, South Carolina

Conservation

A biologist finds an enclave of juvenile mantas just off the Florida coast

15th Anniversary

The North Carolina Zoo’s mission to save the endangered canid renews hope for native species

Music

Stunning photographs of the musical acts that headlined the tenth anniversary performance

Food & Drink

Plus, her recipe for Aloo Chaat, one of her favorite childhood dishes to celebrate

G&G BRACKET

Among 32 beloved venues, a subterranean marvel in Tennessee takes the title

Black Warrior waterdog

Land & Conservation

The critically endangered Black Warrior waterdog calls a single Alabama rivershed home, and biologists are racing to save it

Drinks

The Press Room keeps it on the down-low and serves up classics like this Corpse Reviver #2

Arts & Culture

The Florida author on championing snakes, noodling for catfish, and his first collection of nonfiction, Indigo