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A large green alligator statue with an open mouth showing large, sharp white teeth

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Big Beau in Beaumont

See the 135-foot-long reptile built by Gary Saurage, reality TV star and owner of an East Texas alligator sanctuary

By Wes Ferguson
September 3, 2026

Souvenir

These Green Jay-Inspired Accessories Are a Rio Grande Valley Keepsake

By Danielle Lopez
September 1, 2026
Black and white birds on a small pier over blue-green water

Wildlife

Fall Migration Brings Billions of Birds to Texas

By Joe Nick Patoski
August 28, 2026
A hummingbird with a red throat and black head being held in someone's hand

Nature

Millions of Hummingbirds Are About to Arrive in Texas

By Benjamin Diaz
August 19, 2026

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Wildlife

The Iconic Wild Critters Found ’Round the State

By Asher Elbein
August 5, 2026
Five prairie dog pups on a pile of dirt surrounded by green grass

Wildlife

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

By Kaley Johnson
July 8, 2026

Wildlife

Summer Birding in Texas Rewards the Patient and the Brave

By Joe Nick Patoski
June 12, 2026
A brown toad amid sticks and leaves on the ground

Nature

The Expanding Effort to Protect the Endangered Houston Toad

By Piper Guinn
April 17, 2026
An illustration of several animals in a Texas night scene. There's a ringtail, a scorpion, an armadillo, a gray fox, a rattlesnake, and hawks

Wildlife

Seven Texas Critters to Look Out for at Night

By Asher Elbein
March 24, 2026

Wildlife

Texas Spring Brings a Bounty of Birds

By Joe Nick Patoski
March 20, 2026

Wildlife

Winter Is the Unsung Season of Birding in Texas

By Joe Nick Patoski
February 5, 2026
An illustration of various birds in red, green, purple, and blue.

Wildlife

A Texan’s Guide to Birding

By Marisa Charpentier
February 5, 2026
A white and black whooping crane flying with its wings spread far apart

Nature

The Rare, Majestic Whooping Crane Returns to Its Winter Home

By Hannah Smothers
January 30, 2026

Outdoors

Can’t Hit the Road? These Texas Livestreams Have You Covered

By Wendi Aarons
December 12, 2025
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