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It’s hard out there for a turtle. Especially one that’s endangered, y’all.
Donna Shaver on finding a nest, sleeping at the office during hatching season, and dedicating her career to saving sea turtles.
But how did the critically endangered sea turtle end up in the Netherlands in the first place?
November 9, 2012 | by Sonia Smith
A number of the critically endangered sea turtles are being monitored by the National Resource Damage Assessment, which is studying how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacted the animal is underway on Padre Island.
June 30, 2012 | by Sonia Smith
These drives are sure to get your attention.
Marine scientists have struggled for ten years to establish a new colony of ridley sea turtles on South Padre Islands. All their efforts may have been in vain.

How do we love pecan pie? Senator Charles Schwertner counts the ways.

The state's top offerings, from Beyoncé's world tour to listening to symphonic renditions of the Rolling Stones' songs.
Since I was a kid growing up on polluted Galveston Bay, I’ve held a grudge against the watery edge of Texas—but no more. Protected wetlands! Pelicans and turtles! Historic buildings! Edible oysters! And that’s not the half shell of it.
The birds of High Island. The wilderness of Matagorda Island. The untamed beach of Boca Chica. These and other hidden treasures await you-if you know where to look.

