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

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

Seven Texas Critters to Look Out for at Night

By Asher Elbein

March 24, 2026

Texas Spring Brings a Bounty of Birds

By Joe Nick Patoski

March 20, 2026

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.

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

The Rare, Majestic Whooping Crane Returns to Its Winter Home

By Hannah Smothers

January 30, 2026

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

By Wendi Aarons

December 12, 2025

The Unconventional Origins of McKinney’s Heard Natural Science Museum

By Asher Elbein

November 24, 2025

Black birds fly perch on white gourd-shaped birdhouses in a green grassy open space

The Purple Martin Is Texas’ Latest Aerial Obsession

By Alice Scott

August 4, 2025

A man stands next to a truck where numerous pigeons are released into a grassy field

Inside Texas’ Competitive Pigeon Races

By Matt Joyce

May 5, 2025

A gray and white wolf lays sitting up on the floor with a green bush in the background

Sleep With the Wolves in Navasota

By Saba Khonsari

March 10, 2025

A sea turtle lays on a table as a person wearing gloves holds it

Inside the World’s Largest Sea Turtle Hospital

By Amanda Ogle

March 1, 2025

A group of people wearing headlamps shine lights from a boat in darkness

Facing Fears in Gator Country

By Laura Mallonee

December 4, 2024

An alligator swims through water

Go Reptilian at Crocodile Encounters in Angleton

By Saba Khonsari

November 26, 2024

A black iridiscent bird perches on a wood pillar

Are Grackles in Trouble in Texas?

By Asher Elbein

November 8, 2024

An orange Monarch butterfly lands on an orange flower in a field of flowers and grass

The Friendliest Animals in Texas

By Dina Gachman

October 22, 2024

An orange and black monarch butterfly lands on a bright fuchsia flower.

A Texan’s Guide to Butterfly Season

By Asher Elbein

October 11, 2024

The Port Aransas Nature Preserve Is For the Birds

By Anthony Head

June 28, 2024

Three horses stand in a natural setting with pink clouds overhead

Rescuing Texas’ Once Wild Horses

By Dina Gachman

May 21, 2024

Visit with Rehabilitated Critters at Wassermann Wranch in Alpine

By Sarah M. Vasquez

May 9, 2024

Travel Back in Time to Prehistoric Texas

By Asher Elbein

March 26, 2024

Meet Spike, the Toughest Tortoise in Texas

By Christopher Collins

March 19, 2024

Where the Wild Things Are at Pecan Springs Karst Preserve

By Robyn Ross

September 22, 2023

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