Just outside Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas' newest state park offers rugged trails, rolling hills, calm lake waters, and wide-open ...

Far from deserts and canyons, this underrated Texas escape offers towering trees, scenic lakes, wildlife-filled parks, and ...

Discover the incredible variety of snakes living in Texas's most famous rivers, from the rare Brazos water snake to the ...

Texas has sued the utility company whose downed power lines sparked the largest wildfire in state history, a deadly blaze ...

From nature-based experiences to year-round unique gift ideas, a popular spot west of the Twin Cities has a little bit of something for everyone.

WOLFBERRY WHOOPING CRANE SANCTUARY, Texas (AP) — Carter Crouch has been fascinated by the whooping crane’s conservation story ...

Beckie Irvin crested the rocky hilltop in her truck. She threw it in park and joined Cobra Thomas and Beverly Garland, the ...

Once on the brink of extinction, the birds have expanded beyond the protected lands set aside for them in the 1970s.

Learn how the Texas longhorn became the Lone Star State’s official animal and a living symbol of frontier grit.

Once on the brink of extinction, the birds now have a new sanctuary on an isolated stretch of the Gulf Coast between Corpus ...

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