Books
October 18, 2017
The One-Question Interview: Nate Blakeslee
We sat down with our former staffer to talk about his new book, 'American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West'.
Critters
Stories and updates on some of the state’s many animals
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The Culture
October 16, 2017
The Texanist: To Pop or Not to Pop Fire Ant Bites?
How to handle the zit-sized pustule that those evil little @$*!%*#@%&!s leave behind.
Critters
September 26, 2017
Record-Setting Longhorn, Cowboy Tuff Chex, Sells for Six Figures at Fort Worth Auction
That is some expensive steak.
Critters
September 19, 2017
Houston Pet Shelter Reunites Animals and Owners Separated by Harvey
As people begin to pick up the pieces after Harvey, Best Friends Animal Society seeks to reunite furry companions with their humans.
Critters
September 14, 2017
Meet the Baby Beavers, Squirrels and Ducklings Saved During Harvey
Just look at these little guys.
Critters
September 12, 2017
This Seventeen-Year-Old Rescued Cattle by Helicopter During Harvey
When Hurricane Harvey hit Hungerford, seventeen-year-old Logan Goudeau and her community came together to save their livestock. By helicopter.
Critters
September 11, 2017
Remembering Bretagne, the Last Known 9/11 Search-and-Rescue Dog
Bretagne was always good at finding things when others couldn't. But her defining moment came in September 2001, when she traveled to New York City with Texas Task Force 1 in the days following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Critters
September 8, 2017
How Harvey’s Animal Rescue Organizations Avoided Repeating The Problems Of Katrina
The lessons learned in 2005 informed the rescue operations in Houston and the Gulf Coast.
Critters
August 9, 2017
Beware the Grackle
The fierce black birds have been terrorizing the UT campus. But that’s nothing new.
The Daily Post
July 25, 2017
The Last Orca to be Born in Captivity at SeaWorld Has Died
Three-month-old Kyara died on Monday.
The Daily Post
July 17, 2017
The Matadoras
The perils and joys of female bullfighters in South Texas.
Critters
July 14, 2017
Man Who Killed Whooping Cranes Sentenced to 11 Months in Federal Prison After Breaking Probation
So much for second chances.
Critters
June 21, 2017
Leaving A Dog in a Hot Car Can Get You in Trouble
A Manor man who left his puppy in the car in a Walmart parking lot is facing Class A misdemeanor charges.
Country Notes
June 21, 2017
The Purest Type
Pronghorn were almost perfectly fitted to the West Texas landscape. And then people started building fences.
Critters
April 27, 2017
Pearland Police Captured Dashcam Footage of a Daring Duckling Rescue
”Sergeant Carroll was alerted by the mother duck” to the situation.
Critters
April 19, 2017
Why Victor Emanuel Weekends on the Bolivar Peninsula
The Bolivar Peninsula is for the birds. Literally.
The Culture
February 21, 2017
Snake!
In West Texas, we've learned to live with our slithery neighbors. Not that we have a choice.
The Daily Post
January 11, 2017
Forget Cattle Rustling—Watch Out For Bee Rustlers
$90,000 of bees were stolen from a Danbury resident as bee rustling is on the rise.
Critters
December 21, 2016
Why, That Son of a Steak!
A tale of cloned meat.
Critters
November 22, 2016
Is There A Bigfoot Roaming Bee County?
Checking in with the Bee County Bigfoot Research Group.
Critters
October 26, 2016
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.
Critters
August 24, 2016
Ruffled Feathers
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.
Critters
July 20, 2016
Something in the Way They Move
Millions of creatures migrate to, from, and through Texas every year. Here are a few not to miss.
The Culture
April 20, 2016
The Doctor Is Out
A day in the life of a mobile large-animal veterinarian.
Critters
April 11, 2016
Are We Too Hard on Fire Ants?
Finding love through the pain.
Critters
January 27, 2016
Cattle Call
Taking stock of small-town stock shows.
Critters
January 20, 2016
Dallas Is Cracking Down On Its Stray Dog Pandemic
The city launched an initiative to address the loose dog problem of South Dallas.
The Daily Post
December 22, 2015
What You Should Know About H3N2, The Dog Flu Strain That Hit Texas
H3N2 is ”highly contagious,” according to veterinarians, but with a low mortality rate—so be aware, but don’t panic.
Critters
December 3, 2015
The Green Anole, Your Resident Backyard Lizard, Is Being Pushed Out By Its Uglier Cousin
The green anole is being displaced by its faster, fiercer relative, the brown anole.
Critters
November 18, 2015
We’ve Got the Monk (Parakeet)
An (extremely) amateur ornithologist’s examination of the monk parakeet and its time in Texas.
Critters
October 21, 2015
Hundreds Of Animals Have Been Saved From The Hidden Pines Fire
A little good news amidst the devastation.
Critters
October 21, 2015
Sanctuary City
Will border politics crush Mission’s attempt to brand itself as the butterfly capital of America before that dream takes wing?
Critters
September 18, 2015
Furry Friday: Balam The Jaguar Cub Is The Reason You’re Going To Lufkin
Jaguar cub! Jaguar cub! Jaguar cub!
Critters
July 31, 2015
A Dallas Cat Lost Half of Its Body Weight, Making A Cat Named Skinny Much More Svelte
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.
Critters
July 17, 2015
Let Us Remember The Austin Cobra
The cold-blooded killer met its unceremonious end off of I-35 and was found early on Friday morning.
Critters
July 15, 2015
A Tyler Man Is Suing the City After He Was Arrested for Swearing When He Picked Up His Missing Bird
A colorful man with a colorful bird had a hard time in the Tyler police station.
Critters
July 6, 2015
Texas Gator Kills Man in Orange, Ending a 179-Year Streak
Shipyard worker breaks every rule of gator safety and pays the ultimate price.
Critters
July 1, 2015
A Family Fights Off an Angry Alligator, Keeping State Fatality-Free
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.
Critters
June 19, 2015
Meet the Official Cat of the Alamo, Miss Isabella Francisca Veramendi de Valero
Long may Bella keep the grounds free of rodents.
The Daily Post
June 11, 2015
Cirilo Castillo Jr. Busted Again After Allegedly Trying to Have Sex with a Horse
Time to double-check the locks on your barns.
Critters
June 4, 2015
Inspiring Earthworms Form Artful Herds After Heavy Rain
Park rangers in Eisenhower State Park discovered something odd and awe-inspriring in the wake of recent flooding.
Critters
May 22, 2015
Cowboy Family Rescues Horses in Raging Flood, Proves Cowboys Still Exist
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.
Critters
May 13, 2015
Our Toad to Ruin
Can we save our beloved ant-eating, blood-spurting, quickly disappearing state reptile?
Critters
May 6, 2015
Up to 4 Percent of Africa’s Rhinos Might Relocate to South Texas
With an endangered population that continues to be poached for its horns, every preventative measure—even odd ones—should be considered.
Critters
April 29, 2015
They Are Called Doodlebugs, Dang It
A rant about the proper Southeast Texas name for the little armadillo-like critters in our backyards.
Critters
April 27, 2015
A Herd of Central Texas Cows Braved Friday’s Floodwaters
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.
Critters
April 22, 2015
Facebook Is Not Letting the Story of the Vet Who Killed a Cat With a Bow and Arrow Go
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.
Critters
April 13, 2015
You Can’t Even Ride a Horse Through a Taco Bell Drive-Thru in North Texas Suburbs Anymore
What is the world coming to?
The Daily Post
April 7, 2015
SeaWorld Released a Video From Five Years Ago of One of Its Critics Using Racial Slurs
As part of the floundering company’s ongoing image rehabilitation project, it has taken to some Nixonian dirty tricks.
Critters
March 27, 2015
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Dog-Locating Drone Flying Over Houston
The World Animal Awareness Society is using camera-equipped drones to film a pilot episode of a stray-dog-related television show in Houston.