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February 27, 2014

Texas state parks photo contest kicks off Saturday

Ready. Aim. Click! Grab your camera and head to one of more than 90 state parks and historic sites this spring to participate in the second annual Texas State Parks Photo Contest. With new categories added […]
February 27, 2014

Black footed ferrets returning to Texas?

One of my favorite creatures God created is the ferret. These feisty mustelids have a special place in my heart and since a small child I have been fascinated with the highly endangered black-footed ferret. It […]
February 27, 2014

Black footed ferrets returning to Texas?

One of my favorite creatures God created is the ferret. These feisty mustelids have a special place in my heart and since a small child I have been fascinated with the highly endangered black-footed ferret. It […]
February 26, 2014

Woman free dives with great whites

Ocean Ramsey doesn’t ride on top of great white sharks for fun or frivolous show. She does it to dispel their image of cruel killing machines, to call attention to the fact that sharks are seriously endangered. Which […]
February 26, 2014

Texas tells NFL their guns laws don’t apply here

The National Football League passed a new rule that bans off-duty police officers from bringing guns inside stadiums – but Texas has chosen to adhere to the policy in its own way. The sunsets past AT&T […]
February 26, 2014

Man fights off, kills cougar with spear

A 60-year-old British Columbia woman was rescued from a savage cougar attack when her boyfriend charged the animal in her defense. In what’s being cited as the first case in North America of a spear being used to […]
February 26, 2014

There are no tame bears (video)

In 2012, I had the amazing opportunity to film at Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch with director Scott Edwards and two beautiful black bears. Check out this clip talking about how there are no “tame” bears. Source: Kingdom […]
February 25, 2014

40 inch trout caught in Laguna Madre? (Photo)

The subject line reads “Record Trout”. The text says “Marvin sent me this. It is reportedly a 40 inch record Spec caught Monday in the Laguna Madre. Big fish! Also it died.” Is this another example of a big trout […]
February 25, 2014

Prairie chicken group meets in Amarillo

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is having hearings this week to get public comment concerning a new plan to mitigate the harm for businesses from listing the lesser prairie-chicken as threatened. The plan, developed by a […]
February 25, 2014

Researchers to track southern flounder mortality

This May, a team of researchers will begin tagging Southern flounder in the New River, hoping to follow their migratory patterns and learn more about where the fish spend their time. But the meat of the […]