Mating Season Is Underway for Attwater Prairie Chickens. Just Don’t Call Them “Boomers.”

Mating Season Is Underway for Attwater Prairie Chickens. Just Don’t Call Them “Boomers.”

In a grassy field near Goliad dotted with cow patties, eight football-size birds waggle their tails, inflate mango-colored pouches on their necks, stamp their feet, and emit a forlorn “woo-woo-woo.”
These male Attwater prairie chickens (also spelled as Attwater’s prairie chicken) hope their flashy “booming” display will impress the hens.

Waco’s Dr Pepper Museum Reopens Historic Bottling Room with New Exhibition

Waco’s Dr Pepper Museum Reopens Historic Bottling Room with New Exhibition

Just a three-block walk from the crowds at Magnolia Market in Waco is the Dr Pepper Museum, where visitors can learn all about the quintessential Texas soft drink and get handmade floats at a real old-fashioned soda fountain.

New Discovery of Dinosaur Tracks Adds to Glen Rose’s Dino-mite Collection

New Discovery of Dinosaur Tracks Adds to Glen Rose’s Dino-mite Collection

Millions of years ago–113 million years ago to be more exact—before the Paluxy River flowed through limestone hills, the town of Glen Rose was a vast and shimmering mud flat on the shores of the inland sea.

The October 2023 issue of Texas Highways "Tastes Like Home"

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