6+ hour, 3+ min ago  (358+ words) Something is missing from much of North America's skies. A lot of birds have disappeared. Since 1970, the United States and Canada have lost an estimated 3 billion birds " nearly one in three birds across the continent. Grassland birds have been hit…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (369+ words) A male great horned owl that was found injured last week, and has since died, has fueled theories that he may have been the mate of Athena, the resident owl at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. The center announced…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (630+ words) After an uncertain weekend, an owlet at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center was found alive and is being rehabilitated. It is one of two babies of the resident great horned owl Athena, who has nested at the center since…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (411+ words) In a time of collapsing insect populations and steep bird losses, ecologist Doug Tallamy says the future of conservation may depend less on faraway wilderness and more on what people do in their own yards. That is the central message…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1406+ words) From Big Bend to Caddo Lake, Padre Island to Palo Duro, Texas has no shortage of public lands. Even in a state that's about 95% privately owned, the options to get outside are rather diverse, offering ecosystems of all sorts for…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago  (187+ words) The Western Texas Natural Resources Stewards Quarterly Meeting brings together organizations, corporations, and individuals who share an interest in conservation across the "dryer side" of Texas. This one-hour Zoom meeting offers a practical way to strengthen collaboration, expand capacity, and…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (292+ words) The Karst Canyon Preserve will open Friday near Wimberley, offering new public access to trails and open space in Hays County. The 175-acre property sits near Jacob's Well and was previously slated for residential development. Karl Flocke, director of the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (210+ words) This program originally aired on April 7, 2024. One of the handiest tools in our immune system is an enzyme called apolipoprotein B m RNA-editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide " better known as APOBECs. "So from the virus perspective, these enzymes protect us," said…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1209+ words) Nothing stops a chat between birders faster than a flash of feathers in the sky. Just a few steps into their stroll through Sax Zim Bog, three naturalists go hush at the sight of a Canada jay, a gray-and-white songbird…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (783+ words) In 2017, a wildfire raged across a drought-sick mountain in Southern Arizona and nearly wiped out a subspecies of red squirrel found nowhere else on the planet. In the aftermath of the Frye Fire " which destroyed a large swath of forest…...