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A journey of discovery: Duo biking from Texas Gulf Coast to Canada along whooping crane route
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (1236+ words) By Raul Alonzo May 19, 20261: 59 pm Agriculture & Animals, Texas Standard Original Andy Caven, left, and Mike Forsberg, right, recently embarked on a 2, 500-mile bicycle trip from the Texas Gulf Coast to Canada, charting the migratory path of the whooping crane. There…...
Today on Texas Standard: Cycling the whooping crane migration route
6+ hour, 38+ min ago (450+ words) By Texas Standard May 19, 20269: 27 am Texas Standard Original, Whole Shows Here's what's coming up on Texas Standard for Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Listen on your Texas public radio station, or ask your smart speaker to play Texas Standard. Check back later today…...
Rare bird rave: The Attwater's prairie chicken dance kicks off
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (802+ words) The mating display of one of Texas" most endangered species can be heard for miles. By Michael Marks April 15, 202610: 30 am Agriculture & Animals, Texas Standard Original Lavendowski, George; USFWS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons An Attwater's prairie chicken during its mating…...
New book spotlights seldom-told stories of the "Wild Women for Good" behind Texas conservation
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (392+ words) Author Jennifer Bristol focused both on bigger names " like Lady Bird Johnson and Laura Bush " as well as those whose achievements needed digging into archives. By Justin Doud April 14, 202610: 57 am Arts & Culture, Books, Texas Standard Original Big Bend National Park…...
How a Corpus Christi aquarium runs one of the nation's largest wildlife rescue operations
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (872+ words) The Texas State Aquarium maintains a center to rehabilitate sea turtles, birds, fish and even coral. By Rhonda Fanning March 20, 20262: 05 pm Agriculture & Animals, Texas Standard Original A sea turtle rests at the Texas State Aquarium's Wildlife Rescue Center in Corpus…...
Remembering J. David Bamberger: The Church's Chicken tycoon-turned land conservationist
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1139+ words) From fostering bat colonies to helping save endangered Texas flowers, Bamberger used his wealth to inspire others to protect the land. By Laura Rice January 23, 20262: 30 pm Energy & Environment, Texas Standard Original J. David Bamberger died this past Saturday at the age…...
Today on Texas Standard: Aquarium prepares for sea turtle rescues ahead of freeze
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (518+ words) By Texas Standard January 23, 20269: 02 am Texas Standard Original, Whole Shows Here's what's coming up on Texas Standard for Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. Listen on your Texas public radio station, or ask your smart speaker to play Texas Standard. Check back later today…...
A native prairie bird lost federal protection. People are still trying to save it on private land
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1076+ words) The lesser prairie chicken was once a common sight in the southern Great Plains, but its numbers are dwindling. Even so, it lost federal protections earlier this year for a second time. Now states and landowners are overseeing conservation efforts....
Where Texas birders can spot sandhill cranes " and possibly whooping cranes " this winter
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (931+ words) Both birds make their way to Texas as part of a winter migration, but only one of the species is endangered. By Kaye Knoll October 15, 20252: 30 pm Agriculture & Animals, Texas Standard Original Klaus Nigge of U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, CC…...
These volunteers are asking Dallas to save birds by rethinking the new convention center
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (663+ words) Bird experts say the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center is one of the deadliest buildings in Dallas for birds. Advocates want the redesign to be more bird-friendly. By Pablo Arauz Pe'a, KERA News October 2, 20259: 45 am Agriculture & Animals, KERA News, The…...