Nature + Outdoors

The Expanding Effort to Protect the Endangered Houston Toad

The Expanding Effort to Protect the Endangered Houston Toad

The first time I laid eyes on a Houston toad it was creeping after a June ... Read More »

Searching for Meaning Through a Houston Skating Club

Searching for Meaning Through a Houston Skating Club

Every year around Labor Day, Houston’s unrelenting heat sends me into an ... Read More »

Cast Your Line on the Longest Fishing Pier on Earth

Cast Your Line on the Longest Fishing Pier on Earth

As we drive onto the Texas City Dike, the land falls away on both sides, ... Read More »

Stargazing on Mustang Island Has Galactic Appeal

Stargazing on Mustang Island Has Galactic Appeal

It’s a breezy January evening when I pull into the day use parking area at ... Read More »

What Bluebonnets Mean to Coahuiltecan Descendants

What Bluebonnets Mean to Coahuiltecan Descendants

Springtime in Texas is marked by deep shades of indigo peppering the ... Read More »

A Forestry Museum Grows in East Texas 

A Forestry Museum Grows in East Texas 

Nearly 100 years ago, the Piney Woods of East Texas were being clear-cut ... Read More »

Night Fishing for Flounder in Port Aransas

Night Fishing for Flounder in Port Aransas

SEAN FITZGERALD GIGGING Team Spear It THE GULF'S MOST DELICIOUS ... Read More »

Seven Texas Critters to Look Out for at  Night

Seven Texas Critters to Look Out for at Night

CHRISTOPHER BUZELLI WILDLIFE Creature Feature Seven animals you ... Read More »

Five Night Hikes to Experience Texas in the Dark

Five Night Hikes to Experience Texas in the Dark

Clark Crenshaw HIKING Trail Mix Up your hiking game by heading ... Read More »

Go Night Kayaking on These Texas Waters

Go Night Kayaking on These Texas Waters

Erich Schlegel KAYAKING On the Glow Catch a floating light show ... Read More »

The Stars Shine Bright at Pedernales Falls State Park

The Stars Shine Bright at Pedernales Falls State Park

Rob Greebon STARGAZING Dark Matter Gaze upon and learn about ... Read More »

Embark on a Nighttime Outdoor Adventure

Embark on a Nighttime Outdoor Adventure

THE NIGHT SHIFT From spearfishing to hiking by moonlight, ... Read More »

Vintage: The Sunflower Is Texas’ Golden Goose

Vintage: The Sunflower Is Texas’ Golden Goose

There’s no crop as golden as a sunflower. Initially cultivated on the East ... Read More »

Texas Spring Brings a Bounty of Birds

Texas Spring Brings a Bounty of Birds

A TEXAN'S GUIDE TO BIRDING SPRING ... Read More »

Jim Martinez Cultivates Lush Gardens in West Texas

Jim Martinez Cultivates Lush Gardens in West Texas

It’s 6 a.m., and Marfa landscape designer Jim Martinez is already deep ... Read More »

Pedernales Falls Is a Force of Nature

Pedernales Falls Is a Force of Nature

My dad cut the head off a cottonmouth snake when I was 9 years old. He ... Read More »

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