How Does a Small Texas Town Prepare for a Solar Eclipse? Porta-Potties.
Allyson Cliett, Hillsboro's eclipse coordinator, has spent fourteen months getting ready for 4 minutes and 23 seconds of darkness.
Allyson Cliett, Hillsboro's eclipse coordinator, has spent fourteen months getting ready for 4 minutes and 23 seconds of darkness.
By Robyn Ross
Allyson Cliett, Hillsboro's eclipse coordinator, has spent fourteen months getting ready for 4 minutes and 23 seconds of darkness.
By Robyn Ross
With a massive great white shark’s recent record-setting trip to South Padre Island, an overfished (and fear-inducing) species is reclaiming its historic range.
Hint: Leave those leaves alone!
By Rose Cahalan
There are more places than ever to enjoy the naturally warm springs of Texas.
By Russell Gold
Fire ants and carnivorous plants are among the tenacious flora and fauna researchers are looking to for inspiration.
By Tom Foster
A rustic bench in Davis Mountains State Park beckons hikers to sit for a spell.
Stroll through a sea of bluebonnets at Muleshoe Bend, stargaze from a luxurious safari tent at Shaffer Bend, or kayak in Matagorda Bay.
By Pam LeBlanc
A Port Aransas festival celebrates North America’s tallest bird.
By Rose Cahalan
Check out these five-star spots under the stars.
By Sarah Hepola
How high-end camping turned into a statewide phenomenon.
By Sarah Hepola
Texas A&M herpetologist Lee Fitzgerald has been documenting the lizard’s decline in the Permian Basin since 1993. He's battling much of the oil and gas industry to get it listed as endangered.
The yellow-crested helmetshrike hadn’t been seen in decades—and it wasn't the only little-known species spotted by a UT–El Paso team.
Amanda Stronza pulls over to document coyotes, deer, and squirrels killed along highways.
By Dina Gachman
Marine scientists are trying to save reef-building serpulid worms, which keep fish (and anglers) coming. Can they resurrect the reef in time?