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Sporting

Bats take flight from a bridge

Land & Conservation

Near sunset on every summer night, Austinians gather to watch bats pour by the hundreds of thousands from underneath a downtown bridge

A trio of three guns

Sporting Scene

Doubling up for gobblers

A copperhead

Land & Conservation

Fact-checking an old Southern saying

A person holds up a turkey with blonde-tinged feathers

The Wild South

The wildturkeyDNA project engages hunters to try and determine why some gobblers don’t look like the others

A jockey in a red and white silk raises his arms to the sky

Sporting

The Hall-of-Fame jockey on his mission to help behind-the-scenes workers at Churchill Downs and beyond—and the unbridled joy of a Derby victory

A Belgian Malinois holds a ball in his mouth

Land & Conservation

With noses trained to find species by scent, these dogs work alongside scientists to help protect rare plants and animals

An illustration of a woman standing in a landscape under the stars

This Land

An Alabama odyssey helps fill in the blank spaces

An illustration of an adult dog showing puppies a diagram of a dog snout

Good Dog

An unending parade of rescue puppies entertain (and exasperate) a patient pup

Two shotgun shell-shaped containers of whiskey and a bottle of bourbon

Food & Drink

Ducks Unlimited and World Whiskey Society collaborate on a pair of bottles for waterfowl lovers

Three photos of birds: cerulean warbler, burrowing owl, scarlet tanager

Seven Southern

Rare, secretive, or just plain beautiful, these species are a treat to behold

The exterior of a steel-sided pyramid

Travel

The landmark Memphis retail complex, which turns ten this month, is an unexpected place to enjoy the great indoors

An illustration of a hand holding a wingbone call with a quilt-like display of wildlife around it

Sporting

Fifty years after receiving a handmade wingbone call, an outdoorsman remembers the legendary biologist Wayne Bailey, who gave voice to eastern wild turkeys

A Chuck-will's-widow on a branch

Land & Conservation

These two nightjars—mainstays of the Southern soundscape—are easily confused

A child observing a crayfish mound

Land & Conservation

The mounds may look insignificant, but they’re the craftsmanship of local crustaceans called lawn lobsters

People fish on a boat on a flat in blue water

Travel

Itching for a shot at the gray ghost? From Grand Bahama’s renowned East End to the remote Crooked Island, these lodges offer prime fishing grounds along with some of the archipelago’s most beautiful scenery.

A monarch caterpillar on a milkweed flower.

Home & Garden

Don’t be intimidated by tales of finicky seeds in the fridge. Here’s everything Southerners need to know to get milkweed in the ground and support the monarch migration.

A woman digs in the dirt

Land & Conservation

This volcanic depression in the middle of nowhere is the only place in the world you can find—and keep—the precious gemstone

A man sitting in the woods with fly fishing supplies

The Wild South

No one brought fly fishing to the world like Kreh. A new documentary honors the GOAT with never-before-seen interviews and a host of fishing’s biggest names.

A man riding a gray horse

Sporting

These Southern shows offer thrilling competition, storied traditions, and a weekend well spent

A man and dog stand on a rock against a mountain landscape

Land & Conservation

“Countries have so much divisiveness. Our Earth is the common denominator, and we keep missing the point that we’re all tied together.”