A prothonotary warbler in the swamp.

Conservation

Photographer Mac Stone has spent years documenting ancient cypress forests and the hidden life within them. Step inside that secret world and his stunning new compilation.

Fall leaves on a mountain

Land

How a June drought, a rainy July, and the next critical weeks will impact this year’s show along the Blue Ridge Parkway

A blue land crab

Conservation

The non-native species may be expanding its range into Georgia and the Carolinas, and scientists want the public to report sightings

oak tree

Conservation

Chains that once saved the Witness Tree, an ancient live oak in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, are now choking it. This week, arborists will install a complex new support system to give the tree new life.

An up-close of an ocelot

Conservation

Ocelots nearly vanished from the United States. Now, scientists are combining decades of research with a pioneering breeding program to restore one of America’s rarest species to the ranchlands of the Lone Star State.