Land & Conservation

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

When a mama turtle carrying seven eggs was killed by a car, the South Carolina Aquarium stepped in

A Florida sculptor and North Carolina inventors team up to create an eye-catching and eco-friendly installation

Once down to four individuals, the endangered Schaus swallowtail is making a comeback—thanks to the work of Florida biologists

How a Southern scientist discovered the secret spot where tens of thousands of rare shorebirds recuperate

Getting up close with the world’s largest rattlesnake in South Carolina’s pine savannas

Bernie Fowler will don his iconic white sneakers for the 34th annual Patuxent River Wade-In

But there’s a surprising way scientists—and trees—will remember they were here

Steel, midnight, peach, hazel, platinum, taupe, jade—driven by the thrill of creation and discovery, the Missouri farmer Brad Legg has almost single-handedly spurred the proliferation of crazy-colored peacocks

Where to spot Venus flytraps this spring

How Nature Conservancy efforts in Georgia and Florida could save a native Southern species

Photographer Jim Miller captures striking images of shorebirds throughout Florida in his new book Art of Birds

A South Carolina charter captain and shark tagger had the experience of a lifetime last week—and has the photos and video to prove it