Land

A coyote on a roadway

Land & Conservation

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

A painted illustration of a green bass fish in front of a marsh. The marsh is cut-out like a Mickey-Mouse head.

This Land

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

A blooming magnolia

Land & Conservation

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

Loggerhead Turtles climb out of their nest and race towards the ocean.

Land & Conservation

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.

A pair of hands holds a brook trout

Land & Conservation

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

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 hikes on a forested trail

Land & Conservation

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

A group of people organize items that were impacted by flooding from Hurricane Helene.

Hurricane Helene

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

An illustration of hands throwing a pot on a wheel

This Land

Rare handicrafts uplift Black humanity in the historic Virginia town

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

A group of trees whose leaves have turned yellow

Land & Conservation

Seven striking species that put on a show in your own backyard

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 man stands in a field

Champions of Conservation

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

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 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

A foggy path

Arts & Culture

A Texas author seeks beauty in urban edgelands, abandoned lots, and back alleys—and you can, too

The yellow brick at a campsite.

Travel

The four-pound concrete hitchhiker has nearly reached Katahdin. Follow along on its hilarious, heartwarming journey.

An alligator lays on a tree limb on the water

Land & Conservation

“We came around a curve, and all we could see were heads in the water”

A scenic mountain lookout

Land & Conservation

Two hundred and fifty years after he blazed a path around the Southeast, the explorer, artist, and dreamer still captivates