Sporting

A close up of a browning palm tree

Land & Conservation

All about lethal bronzing disease—plus one scientist’s surprising solution

Two manatees in blue water

Land & Conservation

Yes—if we do it the right way. Here’s what to know

Chico Fernández gives the game fish in Florida’s Everglades National Park a brief break.

Sporting

After fleeing the island as a teenager, Chico Fernández landed in Florida, where he would stumble into a trio of fishy friends, eventually quit his corporate job, and go on to make a lasting mark among anglers

Women looking at sporting art on a wall, including a painting of a fox

The Wild South

Along with the shopping, retriever demos, and, of course, flying dogs, here are five more stops to make at Charleston, South Carolina’s outdoors blowout

A composite of two women's sporting guns

Sporting

Reimagined models fill a long-overlooked niche

A man wearing camo and a hat holds a monarch butterfly gently in his mouth

Conservation

Biologist Billy McCord has spent years tagging monarchs, and his research challenges what we thought we knew about the iconic species

A woman and man with a baby stand in the woods

Land & Conservation

Once the homestead of a conservation pioneer and a haven of rare irises, Briarwood Nature Preserve is blooming again

A maze of giant branches at the top of the Angel Oak tree

Land & Conservation

A beloved gathering spot and an emblem of resilience during the civil rights movement, this ancient South Carolina live oak is poised for an exciting future

An illustrated collage of a woman with her eyes closed in a forest. A cut out circle of blue clouds is behind her right shoulder.

This Land

One writer relishes in moments of quiet and absorbs nature in Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest

A hiker stands on a rock path and looks out over a mountainscape

Land & Conservation

The host of George Mason University’s “The Green Tunnel” podcast shares surprising perspectives from the first three seasons

Two pocket knives stuck into a tree stump on a navy background

Sporting Scene

Two knife makers take different routes to arrive at custom folder greatness

A triptych of three images: a husky; diners in a restaurant window; a plate of saucy wings

Sports

OK, so a team from the South didn’t make it. Here’s why we’re watching anyway

A black-chinned hummingbird in flight

Land & Conservation

An unlikely team opens a window into the secret lives of the tiny animals

Ducks fly over a lake

The Wild South

A time-tested and simple way to improve the flavor and texture of wild duck—plus an easy butchering technique that helps make the most of a waterfowl bounty

A woman stands over a car with kayaks in front of a parking lot to the Sewee Outpost

Our Kind of Place

Why the eclectic store is David DiBenedetto’s favorite stop on a familiar stretch of Highway 17

An illustration of a black dog lounging in flowers with blue jays above

Good Dog

How one daring Alabama black Lab’s story didn’t quite play out as expected

The Wild South

Innovative gear that won’t disappear in the back of a closet, plus a couple of nifty picks for the dog

A black and white image of a group of men in suits approaching the meteorite at the University of Arkansas.

Conservation

Nearly a century after it crashed to Earth in Northeast Arkansas, the Paragould meteorite finds its way home

A morning sky with ducks in flight; a body of water below shows ducks on the water

The Wild South

What the numbers from this year’s waterfowl survey mean for ducks and duck hunters

A collage of a woman with flowers against a sunset

This Land

The late Anne Spencer crafted a Virginia home and garden that nurtured other artists—and still does