Land & Conservation

The powerful pull of the ancient alligator gar draws a North Carolina writer deep into the Texas mud

A beautiful display of nature in Hopkins, South Carolina

A new Kentucky-based program puts the work of the renowned writer at the center of a college curriculum—and it’s tuition free

After stints at Yosemite and Big Bend, the new chief ranger at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is coming back home to protect and preserve a Southern treasure

Zooming in on a tiny Lowcountry
creek and its uncertain future

From mischievous North Carolina black bears to vigilante cattle in Florida to good dogs everywhere, these are our favorite Southern animal anecdotes from the past year

Caretakers of a generations-old seafood business in the historic Georgia community of Harris Neck, a father and son look toward the promise of modern oyster farming to preserve a legacy—and a way of life—inextricably tied to the water

Unspoiled island formerly owned by Ted Turner is now part of the state’s park system

Long a duck-hunting mecca, North Carolina’s Pine Island stands as one of the few remnants of the untamed Outer Banks. Today, thanks to the National Audubon Society, it’s also a living laboratory for how to protect the coastal South’s uncertain future

Meet Captains for Clean Water, the non-profit that’s charting a new course for South Florida’s ecosystem—and the fisheries it supports

Three rivers swollen from the hurricane’s record rains meet in one spot: Georgetown, South Carolina. Here’s how the town is preparing

Crops of the North Carolina farmer profiled in Garden & Gun are leveled by storm’s wind and rain

A Louisiana State University veterinarian on what it takes to care for a mascot that’s also an endangered apex predator

Tybee Island, Georgia author and avid shell-hunter Anna Marlis Burgard shares her know-how

Great whites may get all the notoriety, but lemon sharks are making a splash of their own at a Bahamian research facility

Closer than you might think, according to a Kentucky native’s research outfit that is leading the way on shark conservation

How a Georgia resort is working to help save sharks

Learn more about the well-known predators at an event near you

The South Carolina ornithologist’s enthusiasm has brought the pursuit—and its connections to history and race—to a new audience

Lookin’ for love at an Austin institution