Conservation

Sporting
What Exactly Is a Horned Frog?
SuperFrog is ready for Monday’s big game between TCU and UGA. Here’s his backstory

Sporting
Hope on the Wing: A Falconer’s Story
Rodney Stotts’s journey with falconry means knowing when to let go

Home & Garden
Small Changes for a Healthier Yard
Regenerative farmers share tips for being a good steward of the soil

Land & Conservation
Inside Florida’s Hugely Ambitious Conservation Plan
Covering eighteen million acres, the Florida Wildlife Corridor keeps gaining ground

Books
A Bird-Watcher’s Epiphanies in the Blind
For a passionate birder, duck hunting triggers an unexpected lesson

Conservation
To Russia and Back: The Incredible Journey of a Pintail Duck
New data reveals flight trajectories far beyond what researchers previously imagined

Conservation
The Race to Save Florida Manatees
It’s all hands on deck to help the state’s struggling mammals

Conservation
The Tortoises of Camp Shelby
A Mississippi military base is giving baby gopher tortoises a head start

Land & Conservation
The Bizarre Prehistoric Sea Monster Discovered by a College of Charleston Paleontologist
Meet Serpentisuchops pfisterae, also known as snakey crocodile-face, a never-before-seen species of plesiosaur

Arts & Culture
The Making of Our October/November 2022 Cover
Photographer Kelley Luikey shares how she captured the perfect shot of roseate spoonbills coming in for landing

Editor's Letter
From the Editor: Making a Wild Difference
Celebrating the folks on the front lines of conservation

GARDEN & GUN PRESENTS
Ten Champions of Conservation
In a precarious time for our Southern ecosystems, these ten under-the-radar scientists, advocates, and groundbreakers are saving endangered butterflies, defending the Everglades, fighting for shorebirds, creating art that speaks from the heart, and more
In partnership with

Champions of Conservation
The Farmers’ Advocate
Savi Horne helps keep agriculture sustainable for Black farmers
In partnership with

Champions of conservation
Apostle of Ecotourism
Chris Crolley introduces people to the beauty of the Lowcountry—and saves critical species in the process
In partnership with

Field Guide
An Ode to Bald Cypress, Unsung Hero of Autumn
The sentinels of the swamp also look grand in a yard

Arts & Culture
Richard Powers’s Wild Voice
The novelist’s Great Smoky Mountains immersion laid the groundwork for his epic Pulitzer-winning tree novel. It also sparked a love affair between man and place that is upending Powers’s life and work

Conservation
The Fascinating Way Dolphins Dine in Charleston
The South Carolina Aquarium’s marine biologists are taking a closer look at the animals’ rare hunting techniques in urban estuaries

Conservation
How You Can Help Monarch Butterflies
The struggling butterflies have been placed on the endangered list by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Here’s what you can do to help

Conservation
Scientists Race to Restore Florida’s Nearly Extinct Reefs
One fragment at a time, the Mote Marine Laboratory is rebuilding the coral ecosystems of the Keys

This Land
Healing Hearts in the Everglades
Rebirth and reunions in the River of Grass