The Beaumont Man Who Killed Two Whooping Cranes Fined And Barred From Owning Firearms For Five Years
Whooping crane advocates hope that the sentence will deter future incidents.
Stories and updates on some of the state’s many animals
Whooping crane advocates hope that the sentence will deter future incidents.
When a teenage boy brazenly shot two endangered whooping cranes outside Beaumont, his act unleashed widespread anger and resulted in a quick arrest—and revealed just how difficult it can be to save a species.
Millions of creatures migrate to, from, and through Texas every year. Here are a few not to miss.
A day in the life of a mobile large-animal veterinarian.
Finding love through the pain.
Taking stock of small-town stock shows.
The city launched an initiative to address the loose dog problem of South Dallas.
H3N2 is ”highly contagious,” according to veterinarians, but with a low mortality rate—so be aware, but don’t panic.
The green anole is being displaced by its faster, fiercer relative, the brown anole.
An (extremely) amateur ornithologist’s examination of the monk parakeet and its time in Texas.
A little good news amidst the devastation.
Will border politics crush Mission’s attempt to brand itself as the butterfly capital of America before that dream takes wing?
Jaguar cub! Jaguar cub! Jaguar cub!
Today in cat-shaming/fat-shaming: the tale of Skinny, one of the world’s heaviest cats, who is now just one of the world’s cats.
The cold-blooded killer met its unceremonious end off of I-35 and was found early on Friday morning.
A colorful man with a colorful bird had a hard time in the Tyler police station.
Shipyard worker breaks every rule of gator safety and pays the ultimate price.
There are gators aplenty in East and South Texas, yet no Texan has ever been killed since records have been kept, despite close calls like what happened recently with a Chambers County boy.
Long may Bella keep the grounds free of rodents.
Time to double-check the locks on your barns.
Park rangers in Eisenhower State Park discovered something odd and awe-inspriring in the wake of recent flooding.
When torrential storms brought raging flood waters to their ranch in Eastland, the Barrett family took to the muddy waters to rescue their prized horses.
Can we save our beloved ant-eating, blood-spurting, quickly disappearing state reptile?
With an endangered population that continues to be poached for its horns, every preventative measure—even odd ones—should be considered.
A rant about the proper Southeast Texas name for the little armadillo-like critters in our backyards.
In the midst of a storm that brought heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of Central Texas, a herd of cattle was swept away from their pasture.
Kristen Lindsey, the Brenham veterinarian who bragged about killing a cat with a bow and arrow on Facebook, is persona non grata on social media now.
What is the world coming to?
As part of the floundering company’s ongoing image rehabilitation project, it has taken to some Nixonian dirty tricks.
The World Animal Awareness Society is using camera-equipped drones to film a pilot episode of a stray-dog-related television show in Houston.
Few things rally people to a cause more quickly than the unjustified shooting of a dog.
Austinite Rebecca Gray has big plans to open the first cafe in the state where humans and felines can peacefully coexist.
Maybe it’s time we kick the mockingbird off its perch as the state bird and replace it with an avian friend with even more personality and visibility.
In a new video for PETA that spoofs his own Boyhood, Linklater explains why spending the past thirty years as a vegetarian has been such a great decision for him.
Considering the pet obituary.
Pet owners in the northwest side of the DFW metroplex, be careful.
The lives of military dogs.
That is a pretty stark way to get the point across.
The case has sparked predictable outrage.
Buddy hopped aboard the ambulance his owner was riding in to make sure his human was okay.
People who paid as much as $3,500 for purebred puppies allegedly found themselves receiving dying animals instead.
Our new get-rich-quick scheme involves acquiring a bunch of baby giraffes.
Austin Dog Rescue is honest about how voting works. The dog that gets the most money wins.
Police violence toward humans is very much a topic in the news right now, so why does a video of an officer shooting a dog trigger a different sort of outrage?
Somebody had an adventure.
After the great ape fell ill, two doctors from Texas Children's Hospital and Ben Taub Intensive Care Unit donated their services to save her life.
Hi, clouded leopard babies! Hi hi hi!
Your move, cat pics people.
It's an impossible situation for everybody, but legal ownership goes to the people who are listed on the microchip.
Some updates on what's up with our furry friends.