Two Texas national wildlife refuges will open for migratory bird hunting under rules enacted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, which already is open to big game hunting and sport fishing, will add migratory bird hunting, while Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge will expand hunting...
Texas game wardens have added another tool to their arsenal: a K-9 unit.
The first five canine handlers and dogs recently graduated from an eight-week training program located at the Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training canine facility in Salt Lake City. The second wave of canine handlers and dogs...
Three Texas Parks and Wildlife Department employees died Saturday in a helicopter crash while conducting aerial surveys for desert bighorn sheep on the agency's Black Gap Wildlife Management Area in Brewster County.
The men who perished in the accident were Wildlife Biologist Dewey Stockbridge, Fish and Wildlife Technician Brandon White...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has awarded grants to put $4 million in quail habitat conservation on the ground, using a special appropriation by the state Legislature to help bring back the bobwhite quail.
“We chose places where quail are gone, but they haven’t been gone long, kind of...
Our planet's waterways are littered with tons of plastic each year -- an estimated 220 million tons to be exact -- and most of that finds its way into precious ecosystems that aren't prepared for the consequences.
Studies show that plastic debris in the oceans is responsible for the deaths of...
Coast Guard crews helped rescue a pair of people during the weekend, including a teenage female angler who suffered a seizure south of Port Mansfield.
Crews were called at about 8 Saturday morning by the father of the 17-year-old girl, after they were fishing about eight miles south of Port Mansfield....
Invasive zebra mussels, which negatively impact aquatic ecosystems, have been confirmed in the sixth body of water in Texas: Lake Lavon.
Tthe U.S. Geological Survey announced the confirmation, according to a news release. The presence of live zebra mussels or their larvae has now been documented in lakes Texoma, Ray...
The Trans-Pecos Pronghorn Restoration Project continues to be a successful initiative in improving populations that have dwindled.
The most recent relocation effort in January saw more than 100 pronghorn antelope captured from healthy populations around Dalhart and moved to an area northwest of Marfa to supplement severely depleted populations levels, according...
The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission approved $61.3 million in funding to protect, restore and enhance more than 205,000 acres of wetlands and associated uplands in the United States, Canada and Mexico, including at three Texas national wildlife refuges.
The commission approved $54.7 million in grants through the North American Wetlands...