Wildlife
10 stories
Crane Man »
Former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Tom Stehn didn’t want to get involved in a lawsuit against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. But when a U.S. marshal showed up in his driveway, he realized he had one more chance to help out his beloved, endangered whooping cranes.
August 2012 by Michael Berryhill
A Q&A With Nate Blakeslee »
The senior editor on Texas Parks and Wildlife’s program to reintroduce bighorn sheep in the Big Bend.
April 2012 Interview by Karina Munguia
Home on the Range? »
Texas Parks and Wildlife has embarked on an ambitious plan to restore the desert bighorn sheep population in Big Bend Ranch State Park. To accomplish this goal, the department has had to make hard choices about which animals live, which animals die, and what truly belongs in the Trans-Pecos.
April 2012 by Nate Blakeslee
The Bucks Stop Here »
East Texas deer breeder Billy Powell flouted the laws against importing live whitetails, emailing photos of his illegally obtained animals to prospective customers. Then Texas Parks and Wildlife came calling.
January 2012 by Lee Hancock
Rattled! »
My short, unfulfilling, momentarily terrifying career as a rattlesnake racer.
June 2011 Illustrations by Matthew Diffee
The Birdman of Texas »
Victor Emanuel can find you a hooded warbler, a horned guan, or maybe even an Eskimo curlew. But his real genius is that he can get you to really look at a grackle.
May 2011 by Katy Vine
A Q&A With Katy Vine »
The senior editor on embracing enthusiasm, going birding with Victor Emanuel, and wading through tall grass.
May 2011 Interview by Stephanie Kuo
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things »
Victor Emanuel describes what he likes about these beautiful birds that can be found in Texas.
May 2011
For the Birds »
Birds resemble art in more ways than one, especially when they force us to address questions of ineffable provenance.
February 2011 by Sean Paul Kelley
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