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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, with her husband, Giedrius, and their cat, Oyster.

Food & Drink

Chef Nicolas Lebas upgrades the fall bird with cornflakes, an apple slaw stuffing, and a red bell pepper glaze

Food & Drink

The original hot chicken joint is headed to Greenville, South Carolina

Land & Conservation

A South Carolina woman gets a surprise visitor while working from home

Food & Drink

A new cookbook shares one hundred recipes built on the chemistry of taste

Conservation

Florida is working to shape a brighter future for monarchs, one retention basin at a time

Food & Drink

How a Texas couple fries fall’s favorite bird

Gardens

Southerners know pollinators are a garden’s best friends

Food & Drink

A state-by-state guide to bites and beverages, from regional delicacies to recommendations from locals

Land & Conservation

A retired doctor in South Carolina captures stunning photos of a surprise visitor to his backyard

Land & Conservation

A couple finds a nearly sixty-year-old message washed ashore on Florida’s Marco Island

Land & Conservation

A resilient hatchling is one of just three to make it out of a flooded nest in South Carolina

Outdoors

Charleston paleontologist Ashby Gale shares his top tips for fossil-hunting beachcombers

G&G cover cakes

Food & Drink

Two readers share their experiences whipping up the cake on the cover of our August/September issue

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Land & Conservation

Reports from Florida, where the vast majority of sea turtles nest in the U.S., are showing another great year for hatchling numbers

Land & Conservation

Two new litters this year are helping to secure the future of this critically endangered Southern species

Conservation

Recent sightings of the fuzzy-faced blue calamintha bee in Florida are a hopeful sign—but pollinators still face an uphill battle

Food & Drink

Pour a glass of a local favorite from Arkansas wine country

Land & Conservation

The Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus—Virginia northern flying squirrel—may be off the endangered list, but its survival depends on another conservation effort: reforestation

Land & Conservation

The tegu, a predatory South American lizard, poses a threat to quail, gopher tortoises, and more native Southern species—but there’s still hope of stopping the invasion

Land & Conservation

On Endangered Species Day, learn about six of the South’s rarest—and most unusual—creatures