Land & Conservation

In the lab and in underground caverns, biologists are on a mission to conserve the weird, wondrous life of the Ozarks

The damage is still too great to sample for brook trout, mussels, and salamanders, but biologists weigh in on their hopes, fears, and plans for recovery

Farmers, gardeners, and seed collectives are rallying together to rebuild in the short term—and forge a more resilient future

North Carolina just debuted a Venus flytrap plate—the newest in a long line of important funding sources for the Southern wilds

After Helene, farmers have been supporting one another, but food and fencing are still desperately needed in agricultural communities 

Donna Kalil has plunged into canals in the dead of night, straddled two-hundred-pound serpents, and been bitten more times than she can count—all in the name of killing a thing she loves and playing a game she can’t win

The ultra-runner relives the highlights—and a few lowlights—of her epic trek

The release of two rehabilitated brown pelicans is the result of millions of years of evolution, cosmic coincidence, and the hard work of conservation-minded South Carolinians

The aquatic mammals often end up in precarious positions after floods abate

In the heart of Patagonia lies a land suspended in time, one teeming with some of the world’s richest—and most improbable—stretches for fly fishing

Now approved by the FDA, a Texas scientist’s parasite-fighting feed could be a game changer for the South’s beloved game bird

Seven striking species that put on a show in your own backyard

Breath samples? Check. Body condition data? Check. Technology has taken off—literally

How a group effort that includes, surprisingly, the power company conspires to protect the tree canopy

No, we couldn’t let her stay in the contest. Yes, we fell for her anyway.

Consider this advocate the Johnny Appleseed of one of the South’s most imperiled trees

A young tribal leader and environmental scientist defends his people’s disappearing bayou

Native plants and grasses go viral in the hands of a social-media-savvy forester

One entomologist’s buzzy idea inspires an army of citizen scientists

After feeling unwelcome in the field, two scientists start a nonprofit to help other historically marginalized or excluded nature lovers