Critters
December 15, 2021
In Search of the Jaguarundi
Every year, dozens of Texans report sightings of this elusive cat. But scientists are increasingly skeptical that it’s here at all.
Endangered Species
Critters
October 1, 2021
Goodbye to a Ghost: East Texas’s Ivory-billed Woodpecker Is Now Officially Extinct
So is a little fish that swam along the San Marcos River.
Critters
August 25, 2021
The Ugly Ducklings: Ten Lesser-Known Texas Endangered and At-Risk Species
These humble creatures don’t have the star power of ocelots and whooping cranes, but they’re just as crucial to their ecosystems.
Critters
August 12, 2021
How Texas Wildlife Crossings Are Saving Lives and Money
From South Texas’s simple ocelot culverts to San Antonio’s pioneering land bridge, these passageways can reduce car accidents and help animals thrive.
Critters
June 9, 2021
Red Wolves Are on the Brink of Extinction, but a Texas Breeding Program May Help Them Make a Comeback
Fewer than twenty red wolves remain in the wild. At Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose, biologists are trying to change that.
Travel & Outdoors
June 1, 2021
Meet a Texas Plant Hunter Who’s Combing Forests and Fields to Save Rare Flowers
Conservationist Adam Black roams the state looking for endangered flora, which he shares with researchers around the world.
Best Thing In Texas
April 23, 2021
Whooping Cranes Are Nesting in Texas for the First Time in Over a Century
One of the rarest birds in North America is making a comeback.
Critters
January 15, 2019
Extinct Red Wolf DNA Discovered in Pack of Galveston Strays
Long live the red wolf.
Critters
October 30, 2013
The Dallas Safari Club Is Trying To Preserve The Black Rhino By Killing A Black Rhino
The critically endangered black rhino needs resources and efforts from humans to avoid extinction—and what's a better way to preserve an endangered species than auctioning off the right to kill one?
Critters
April 8, 2013
This Two-Steppin’ Chicken Is Not What’s For Dinner
The colorful Attwater's Prairie Chicken, a bird that flourished in Texas a hundred years ago, is on the verge of extinction.
January 21, 2013
Why Does Wisconsin Care About Texas’s Whooping Cranes?
The drought threatening the state's whooping crane population highlights the importance of current conservation efforts in Wisconsin.
January 21, 2013
Whooping Cranes Have Their Day in Court
The endangered whooping crane is at the center of a lawsuit that could change the rights of water users in Texas.
Critters
September 26, 2012
Turtle Thursday: Five Photos of the Houston Zoo’s New Hatchlings
Earlier this month, zoo officials found Madagascar Bigheaded turtle hatchlings in the zoo's lemur exhibit.
Critters
June 29, 2012
Project Tracks Kemp’s Ridleys Across Gulf of Mexico
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.
Critters
January 1, 1992
Big Bird
Getting up close and personal with the endangered whooping crane.