When most people hear the words “shark attack,” they picture the terrifying moment an animal strikes. Far fewer think about what happens in the moments afterward—when an ordinary person has to decide whether to run away or dive into danger. […]
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Every Shark Week, one question seems to rise to the surface almost as predictably as the television specials themselves: Could the megalodon still be alive? It’s a fascinating question, and one I’ve been asked countless times over the years. Let
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Longtime Texas Fish & Game contributor Chester Moore has earned eight First-Place awards at the 35th Annual Press Club of Southeast Texas Excellence in Media Awards, including multiple honors recognizing his ongoing work documenting great white sharks in the Gulf.
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The New World screwworm situation in Texas continues to evolve, with USDA’s latest update showing additional animal infestations and an expanding surveillance effort as state and federal officials work to contain the destructive parasite. As of July 12, USDA has
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For decades, the New World screwworm was something many Texans knew only from stories told by older ranchers and wildlife professionals. It was a flesh-eating parasite that once caused devastating losses to livestock and wildlife before being eradicated from the
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Few wildlife threats are as horrifying—or as potentially devastating—as the New World screwworm. Today on Dark Outdoors, we’re taking a deep dive into a parasite that eats living flesh—and it’s no longer a problem confined to the history books. The New
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Nearly 51 years after Jaws changed movie history and forever altered the way people viewed sharks, Chester Moore sits down with Jeffrey Voorhees, the actor who portrayed Alex Kintner, the young boy whose shocking death scene became one of the most
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UPDATED JUNE 10 On June 3 the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received confirmation of a detection of New World screwworm (NWS) in Zavala County. A sample collected from a three-week-old calf with an umbilical lesion was identified and
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Have you heard the story about jaguars released in South Texas? We have the real story on Dark Outdoors the podcast.
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EL PASO — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Franklin Mountains State Park has grown a leg, gaining 1,054 acres to the east through a new land acquisition. “I am excited about this acquisition,” said superintendent Cesar Mendez, “which extends
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A viral social media graphic claiming a 12-foot alligator garfish made an epic journey up the Trinity River is spreading rapidly online, To verify the claims, I contacted Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) media branch directly. According to TPWD
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Cocaine sharks are real! In this interview on the award-winning Dark Outdoors® podcast environmental engineer and science communicator Dr. Tracy Fanara explains what scientists are actually discovering about sharks, pharmaceuticals in the ocean, and how chemical exposure could be affecting
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reminding visitors to take extra precautions in bear country following recent bear incidents in several national parks. Spring and early summer are periods of increased bear activity on many National Wildlife Refuges. Bears
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Warmer weather across Texas means more time outdoors and more encounters with wildlife. Spring and early summer are also when many species give birth and raise their young, which can lead to confusion when animals appear to be alone. Each
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AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is aware of recent public interest regarding the transport of Mexican gray wolves through the state. We want to clarify that no Mexican gray wolves have been released in Texas, nor
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A new study shows that interactions between wolves and cougars in Yellowstone National Park are driven by wolves stealing prey killed by cougars and that shifts in cougar diets to smaller prey help them avoid wolf encounters. The study, published
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Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) game wardens are seeking the public’s help in gathering information on a mule deer fawn killed with a blowdart in Roundup. Wardens and the Musselshell County Sheriff’s Office responded to a complaint from the
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I wasn’t looking for it. I was walking out to a water hole when I saw a white buffalo standing alongside another, normally colored animal. The contrast stopped me cold. Learn about white buffalos in this new video. That moment
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On a humid stretch of prairie behind the subdivisions and beach houses of Galveston Island, something unexpected moves through the cordgrass at dusk. Locals call them coyotes. Officially, that’s what they are. But genetically, many of these canids are something
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) urges caution as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)- bird flu- continues to circulate among wild birds in Amarillo and Lubbock. Detected in all 50 states across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, HPAI is a
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