The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently unveiled the Florida Lionfish app in response to the invasion of the invasive species, one that also established a presence along the Texas coast.
While the first 250 people who successfully complete the Report Florida Lionfish app reporting form will receive a...
A report released this week by the American Sportfishing Association makes a case that from an economic perspective, recreational fishing is just as important as commercial fishing, despite a much lower impact on the resource.
According to the report, anglers landed just 2 percent of the total saltwater landings compared...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission on Thursday approved  additional options for hunter education certification, including a streamlined, one-day basic course reducing the mandatory hours of classroom instruction from 10 to a maximum of six hours and creating an option for anyone 17 years of age or older to...
The lesser prairie-chicken is a relatively small and ornate bird, but its impact on conservation could be huge and lasting in Texas and neighboring states.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently listed the species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and related efforts to grow the population have...
This year's Texas red snapper fishing season is all about the good and the bad, hopefully without more ugly in what has become a contentious topic.
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department has announced that the private recreational angler snapper season in federal waters off the Texas Gulf Coast will...
ORANGE, Texas -- Fishing pro Todd Faircloth of Jasper won the Bassmaster Elite Series Sabine River Challenge on Sunday, besting Dean Rojas of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., by 6 pounds, 10 ounces on the final day of competition.
Faircloth's win -- his fourth Elite Series title and second in Texas...
From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports
Too Many to Count
Two Val Verde County game wardens were checking hunting camps when they discovered a hunting party had taken too many deer. To keep up with the growing list of violations, the game wardens resorted to drawing up a...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission is seeking public comment on a proposal requiring that all boats operating on public freshwater be drained after use to help combat the spread of zebra mussels.
Under water draining regulations in effect in 47 counties in North and Central Texas, boaters and anglers...
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...
Alligator attacks are rare in Texas, but in the wake of another attack in Florida in which a 2-year-old boy was dragged into a lagoon at a Disney hotel near Orlando, it's a good time to urge caution and understanding about the reptiles, especially during breeding season.
GATOR HISTORY, NUMBERS: To gauge the alligator...