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 this time around, photographers
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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 was one of the
Black footed ferrets returning to Texas? Read More »
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 was one of the
Black footed ferrets returning to Texas? Read More »
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 really sucks, because they’re
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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 Stadium on October 6,
Texas tells NFL their guns laws don’t apply here Read More »
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 kill a cougar in
Man fights off, kills cougar with spear Read More »
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 Zoo
There are no tame bears (video) Read More »
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 made to look REALLY
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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 nonprofit corporation founded in
Prairie chicken group meets in Amarillo Read More »
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 project lies at the
Researchers to track southern flounder mortality Read More »
A federal judge wants more information before ruling on a lawsuit that seeks to end all coyote hunting in a five-county region of Eastern North Carolina. The lawsuit, filed by three conservation groups last fall, aims to protect the endangered
Judge questions red wolf centered coyote hunting closure Read More »
A senior at Northeast High School in Clarksville, Tenn. has been suspended for 10 days and faces a multitude of additional punishments including criminal charges because school officials found a knife belonging to his father inside his father’s car. The
Student hit with criminal charges for fishing knife in car Read More »
Smart guns similar to James Bond’s pistol are marching closer to reality as manufacturers expect to continue testing prototypes throughout 2014 and a few politicians push for new technology to make firearms safer. Manufacturers design “smart” guns, also referred to
Push for “smart guns” continues Read More »
British surfer Darren Mills has spoken of the terrifying moment when a great white shark clamped him in its massive jaws. Darren, 28, was paddling on his board when the 10ft predator pounced. It sunk its deadly teeth into his
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The dubious display of so-called Bigfoot drew about 800 people to Trader’s Village in northwest Harris County Sunday, during the first, and unexpected, Houston stop of the travelling spectacle. “We got here a day early and we just wanted to show as
Alleged Bigfoot corpse draws crowd in Houston Read More »
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider any new cases seeking to expand gun rights, including two challenges to restrictions on young adults. The decision does not preclude the court eventually agreeing to consider the next big legal
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to young adult gun limits Read More »
Lake Austin produced its twentieth Toyota ShareLunker February 21 when Robert Whitehead of Austin caught a 13.19-pound bass while fishing the upper end of the lake. Whitehead was fishing in five feet of water when the fish took his plastic
Lake Austin produces Sharelunker Read More »
You’ve got to love having video cameras in the hands of millions of tourists in wild lands. It makes watching moments like this zebra/lion encounter possible. Watch and enjoy.
Video: Zebra walks into lion ambush Read More »
Billy Faul caught this highly unusual white channel catfish while fishing in a tributary of the Neches River system called Pine Island Bayou. Most white catfish are albinos but this one has standard catfish-colored eyes. The fun of fishing is
