Land & Conservation

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

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

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

Latria Graham listens to ancient cypresses and old-growth forests

An update on the gentle—and threatened—herbivores that winter in Florida

Black Narrows Brewing Co. and the Nature Conservancy partner up to tell the story of forgotten Southern forests

Why the revival of a small bonefishing lodge means a lot for the Bahamas

An unprecedented group effort seeks to restore what was lost after Hurricane Dorian—one mangrove at a time

A disappearing species finds potential refuge on the Carolina coast

The star of the 2011 movie Dolphin Tale died at age sixteen, but she won’t be forgotten by her caretakers or her fans

Two women cast for trout, and other things that lie beneath the surface

Wildlife artist Bart Walter unveils a special bronze sculpture for the occasion

A Mississippi professor and poet wanders through the seasons of Oxford’s Whirlpool Trails

With “big old eyes and a button for a rattle,” these baby snakes offer hope for a struggling species

Whether they’re turning yellow, orange, red, or not at all, a tree’s fall leaves are a window into its personality

A small team monitors a critical nesting habitat for loggerhead sea turtles

On the back of a determined West Virginian—and private landowners and government agencies
alike—the vaunted and cherished brook trout just might be making a miracle comeback

An ethnobotanist shares some of the surprising ways the Chickasaw used wax myrtle, sassafras, and yaupon holly

Summer means nests in gourd birdhouses and one South Carolina lake that birds can’t resist

The island’s sea turtle patrol is searching for the owner of a vessel made with love