6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (435+ words) Thousands of American snout butterflies move along a beach on North Padre Island near Corpus Christi." Feather-like flakes weren't falling from the sky, but it was something equally mesmerizing."Thousands of butterflies drifted, swirled and fluttered over a Corpus Christi…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (430+ words) A new survey estimated 540 whooping cranes wintered on the Texas coast during the 2025-2026 season." Whooping cranes are showing up in places Texans don't normally expect to see them. The"U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported Wednesday that an estimated 540 whooping cranes…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (469+ words) A new sea turtle rehabilitation hospital planned for Texas A&M University at Galveston is expected to break ground in November 2026." A long-planned sea turtle hospital on the Texas coast is finally moving toward construction. Galveston's Gulf Center for Sea…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (419+ words) A little-used building at the El Paso Zoo is being renovated into an endangered species breeding center focused on vulnerable Chihuahuan Desert wildlife." A little-used building tucked inside the El Paso Zoo is getting a new life, this time as…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (575+ words) Black bears in Texas are mostly confined to the Big Bend National Park area. One black bear has recently been seen cavorting through East Texas. I'll start this story with one I've told before: the time I "killed" a black…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (950+ words) The Bryan Museum's new exhibit "Karankawa: Voices From the Texas Gulf Coast" includes a trove of information dispelling some persistent myths about perhaps the state's most misunderstood indigenous people. It will take far more than a new museum exhibit to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1157+ words) Invasive Muscovy ducks roam the grounds at The Club at Pecan Grove in Richmond, where officials say the growing population has become a major problem." At first glance, the ducks roaming the fairways at The Club at Pecan Grove almost…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago  (400+ words) Along a stretch of the'Texas Gulf Coast where endangered whooping cranes return each winter, more than 3, 300 acres of habitat will now be protected permanently. The International Crane Foundation, The Conservation Fund and the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program announced Thursday…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (768+ words) (THE CONVERSATION) Primatologist Birut" Galdikas died on March 24, 2026, and an era of science that began in the forests of Tanzania, Rwanda and Borneo studying humanity's closest living relatives more than half a century ago is coming quietly to a close....

2+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (576+ words) Texas officials say 180 surrendered Texas tortoises could be released into the wild this fall after months of rehabilitation." For decades, Texas tortoises were taken from the wild and kept as backyard pets. Now, 180 of them are being prepared for a…...