Outdoors

A large dirt and gravel pit surrounded by grass and trees with adults and children in the pit searching for fossils.

Take Home a Prehistoric Souvenir from Mineral Wells Fossil Park

North Texas has one of the only parks where visitors can keep the fossils they find

By Allie Tribe

July 31, 2026

A palmetto plant in the foreground of a large body of water and a bridge behind it

Palmetto State Park in the Summer Is a Runner’s Delight

By Pam LeBlanc

July 23, 2026

Pitch Your Tent on a Texas Beach

By Sean Cronen

July 21, 2026

Four dogs, three wearing goggles, seated at an outdoor tiki bar

Meet the Surfing Dogs of Port Aransas

By Mandy Shelton

July 10, 2026

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A man measures a fish placed atop a long ruler on a tabletop as a few people in the same T-shirts and a man in a gray hoodie stand around him and watch.

Texas’ Oldest Fishing Tournament Turns 90

By Wendi Aarons

July 9, 2026

Five prairie dog pups on a pile of dirt surrounded by green grass

The Best New Digs in Fort Worth Are at Prairie Dog Town

By Kaley Johnson

July 8, 2026

A swimming hole with four people in the water, surrounded by rocks and trees with bright green leaves

The State of Hill Country Swimming Holes Amid a Wet Texas Summer

By Ian Dille

July 6, 2026

The Disappearing Art of Deep-Sea Oil Rig Fishing

By Paul Greenberg

June 23, 2026

Summer Birding in Texas Rewards the Patient and the Brave

By Joe Nick Patoski

June 12, 2026

Returning to the Guadalupe River a Year After the Floods

By Ian Dille

June 8, 2026

The Great Texas Beach-Off

By TH Staff

May 26, 2026

An alpine coaster with a large drop that cuts through a thicket of trees and a loop next to it

Experience Hill Country Cliffs on the Only Alpine Coaster in Texas

By Piper Guinn

May 15, 2026

Texas’ Big and Bright Stars By the Numbers

By Asher Elbein

April 28, 2026

A brown toad amid sticks and leaves on the ground

The Expanding Effort to Protect the Endangered Houston Toad

By Piper Guinn

April 17, 2026

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