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A collection of dried peppers

Land & Conservation

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

Land & Conservation

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

A woman taking a photo of a python wrapped around her leg

Land & Conservation

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

A brown pelican in flight

Land & Conservation

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

People stand by a manatee in a puddle

hurricane helene

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

A close-up image of a quail's head.

Land & Conservation

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

Dolphins approaching a platform while a drone flies over them.

Land & Conservation

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

A neighborhood street with large trees

Land & Conservation

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

A raccoon sitting on a cat scratching post.

Land & Conservation

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

A woman stands in a greenhouse

Champions of Conservation

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

A man stands in a field

Champions of Conservation

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

A man crouches in a field

Champions of Conservation

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

A woman stands in a field of flowers

Champions of Conservation

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

Two people sit in a canoe

Champions of Conservation

A married duo help keep Arkansas rivers and streams flowing free and clear

A man holds a salamander

Champions of Conservation

A blueprint for how private timberland owners can save threatened Southern species comes courtesy of a Mississippi forester

A portrait of a woman behind pink plexiglass coral

Champions of Conservation

A ceramist and educator’s interactive coral reefs put the dire straits of Florida’s waters into relief

A man walks through a marsh

Champions of Conservation

Harnessing passion for the ocean’s fisheries into powerful action is all in a day’s work for this Chesapeake guide

An illustration of a sphere with different insects on it. The sphere has textured nature-themed puzzle pieces.

Land & Conservation

Louisiana black bears, Alabama cave shrimp, Appalachian spruce-fir forests, Chesapeake false albacore, Keys coral reefs—these and hundreds of other precarious Southern species and ecosystems rely on the heroic efforts of this year’s lineup of groundbreaking scientists, advocates, and nature lovers

Land & Conservation

Meet Chia, an endangered Kemp’s ridley who became entangled and injured off the coast of Charleston but just keeps swimming

A panther with kittens

Land & Conservation

Cattle ranchers are joining forces with conservation groups to support the big cat’s comeback