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Black and white birds on a small pier over blue-green water

Wildlife

Fall Migration Brings Billions of Birds to Texas

With cooler temperatures and more than 400 species moving south, Texas is a paradise for birding in the autumn months

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

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

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Wildlife

Summer Birding in Texas Rewards the Patient and the Brave

By Joe Nick Patoski
June 12, 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
Black birds fly perch on white gourd-shaped birdhouses in a green grassy open space

Wildlife

The Purple Martin Is Texas’ Latest Aerial Obsession

By Alice Scott
August 4, 2025
A gray and white wolf lays sitting up on the floor with a green bush in the background

Wildlife

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

Wildlife

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

Wildlife

Facing Fears in Gator Country

By Laura Mallonee
December 4, 2024
An alligator swims through water

Wildlife

Go Reptilian at Crocodile Encounters in Angleton

By Saba Khonsari
November 26, 2024
A black iridiscent bird perches on a wood pillar

Wildlife

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

Wildlife

The Friendliest Animals in Texas

By Dina Gachman
October 22, 2024
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