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.
Nature
State of Mind
August 4, 2021
State of Mind, Episode 8: Useful Wild Plants
Two Austinites have made it their life’s work to document uses for every wild plant in Texas—a project they say could save humanity.
Country Notes
June 12, 2015
Gone Loco
This year’s heavy rains have brought countless blessings to West Texas—and one very nasty weed.
The Culture
January 9, 2015
Abnormal Mycology
Tales from the mycological side.
Travel & Outdoors
July 10, 2014
Look What the Tide Dragged In
Mucking about on the Gulf Coast.
Rick Bass
January 20, 2013
Wild at Heart
My mother trained me to be a naturalist in our suburban backyard, one bird call at a time.
Books
February 1, 2000
Stream of Consciousness
Rereading John Graves
Travel & Outdoors
September 30, 1997
Sweating It Out
How I survived a course in desert survival.
Travel & Outdoors
September 30, 1997
Rough and Ready
The secrets of Big Bend Ranch State Park.
Feature
July 31, 1997
Grand Canyons
Hiking, biking, and nighttime weather to your liking make the Palo Duro and Caprock canyons a cool summer getaway.
Travel & Outdoors
June 30, 1997
Sleepless in Fredericksburg
Like it says on her newly acquired bumper sticker, movie mogul Lynda Obst is “Texan By Choice.” But while you can take the girl out of Hollywood …
Country Notes
March 1, 1982
Texas Primer: The Tumbleweed
It’s only a humble weed, but just try to imagine West Texas without it.
Parks & Recs
April 1, 1977
Forgotten Places
Of canyons, creeks, and craters: the Big Bend as few have seen it.