Land

A mystical stroll through a rare, endangered mountain ecosystem brings one writer an afternoon of visual splendor

Stargazing in one of the last wild places on the Atlantic Coast

An age-old question answered…plus everything else you never knew about the South’s most epic epiphyte

In Key West’s backcountry, nature’s storm shelters offer calm waters and a wild world of discovery

An Alabama odyssey helps fill in the blank spaces

The mounds may look insignificant, but they’re the craftsmanship of local crustaceans called lawn lobsters

This volcanic depression in the middle of nowhere is the only place in the world you can find—and keep—the precious gemstone

“Countries have so much divisiveness. Our Earth is the common denominator, and we keep missing the point that we’re all tied together.”

And the best time to see them (hint: it’s now)

Paula Whyman dreamed of restoring a plot of land in the Blue Ridge Mountains—and found fertile ground for a memoir

Photographer Mac Stone packed up and camped in South Carolina’s Beidler Forest overnight to document the ancient wetlands as the flurries came down

It’s coyote breeding season, and the adaptable canines are on the move

Angling for bass, and revisiting strained familial bonds, next to the Happiest Place on Earth

The Georgia Native Plant Society is leading the push to retire the invasive rose that currently holds the spot

A blue crab scuttles across the ocean floor. A baby sea turtle faces a wall of predators. Photographer Ian Wilson-Navarro shows Dry Tortugas National Park as it’s never been seen before.

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

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

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

A hurricane-savvy writer marks the moment when aftermath meets forecast

Rare handicrafts uplift Black humanity in the historic Virginia town