JWM: Water management can help redhead duck conservation
Every winter, several hundred thousand redhead ducks descend on the Laguna Madres of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Redheads wintering in this area, which ...
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Whooping cranes nesting in Texas once again
For the first time in over a century, endangered whooping cranes are nesting in Texas. Two pairs of the birds recently began laying eggs on private land in ...
Watch: Texas freeze was tough on bats
The deep freeze in Texas affected a lot of species, including bats. Across the state, residents, biologists and park employees have discovered dead bats under ...
Watch: Texas volunteers respond to cold-stunned turtles
It was one of the largest cold-stunning events ever recorded. Thousands of sea turtles washed up on Texas beaches after a severe cold front hit the region, putting ...
Texas temperatures paralyze sea turtles
Thousands of sea turtles recently washed up along the Texas coastline after a winter storm caused temperatures to plummet. Unusually cold temperatures in the Gulf ...
Pandemic cancels whooping crane count
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to cancel a count of whooping cranes (Grus americana) around the Aransas National Wildlife ...
North Carolina thankful to send more turkeys to Texas
In 2018, multiple North Carolina airports began reporting Eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) presence and damage. Airports reported that wild turkeys were no ...
TWS2020: The road to prime ocelot habitats
Ocelots seeking home ranges are most concerned with finding the right type of habitats though they will try to avoid roads when possible. “Because they’re ...
Three TPWD employees killed in helicopter crash
Three Texas Parks and Wildlife Department employees were killed in a helicopter crash on Saturday while conducting aerial surveys for desert bighorn sheep at the ...
Texas ocelots seek large, unbroken swaths of thornscrub
Endangered ocelots in South Texas prefer to use unfragmented landscapes. Efforts to conserve the imperiled feline should focus on maintaining large patches of ...