Nature + Outdoors

BMX Bikers Flip Out at Austin’s 9th Street

BMX Bikers Flip Out at Austin’s 9th Street

Standing amid the head-high dirt jumps at 9th Street, my 3-year-old son, ... Read More »

Hidden Gem: Experience Snowfall in West Texas

Hidden Gem: Experience Snowfall in West Texas

If you don’t like the weather in West Texas, just wait a while. This part ... Read More »

The Outlaw Tradition of Noodling for Catfish
Hit the Waves at the Texas State Surfing Championship

Hit the Waves at the Texas State Surfing Championship

Jen Johnson used to own the best surf team in Texas. She even had the ... Read More »

Facing Fears in Gator Country

Facing Fears in Gator Country

It’s 10:37 p.m., and I’m kneeling in a boat on B.A. Steinhagen Lake, ... Read More »

2024 in Photos: A Year of Traveling Texas

2024 in Photos: A Year of Traveling Texas

The Year in Photos Texas Highways photographers ... Read More »

Go Reptilian at Crocodile Encounters in Angleton

Go Reptilian at Crocodile Encounters in Angleton

Lurching out of the water to snatch the raw chicken dangling overhead, the ... Read More »

Hidden Gem: A Riverside Beach in the Hill Country

Hidden Gem: A Riverside Beach in the Hill Country

Beyond the undulating hills about 10 miles east of Marble Falls sits an ... Read More »

Plant Your Own Texas Wildflowers

Plant Your Own Texas Wildflowers

It’s an overcast day in November, and Amy Medley, a lead horticulturalist ... Read More »

Are Grackles in Trouble in Texas?

Are Grackles in Trouble in Texas?

Texans—especially urban Texans—are intimately familiar with grackles. The ... Read More »

Barreling Down Houston’s Hippie Hill

Barreling Down Houston’s Hippie Hill

I'm sitting atop a quaint grassy hill in Houston, petrified with fear. ... Read More »

Gliding Through the Skies Over Marfa

Gliding Through the Skies Over Marfa

Long before Marfa was an art town, a wedding events destination, the ... Read More »

A Texan’s Guide to Butterfly Season

A Texan’s Guide to Butterfly Season

Perhaps no insect in the state of Texas is as beloved as its butterflies. ... Read More »

How UT Austin Students Mapped Natural Bridge Caverns

How UT Austin Students Mapped Natural Bridge Caverns

One day In 1968, Jan Knox hooked herself to a rope alongside her husband, ... Read More »

Where to Stay After a Long Day’s Hike

Where to Stay After a Long Day’s Hike

From the rugged mountains of West Texas to the mystical canyons of the ... Read More »

Caddo Lake Inspires Legends and Lore in East Texas

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