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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Every few years, stories of black cougars make the rounds again — sightings in the brush, a shadow crossing a ranch road, somebody swearing they saw a jet-black mountain lion in the timber. It’s a fascinating campfire tale. Check out
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For decades, stories of unusually large wildcats have circulated across the southern United States. Hunters, landowners and rural residents have described animals far bigger than a bobcat, sporting tufted ears, long legs and an unmistakable presence. Many of these sightings
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Before you read any further, watch the video below. It breaks down one of the strangest trail-camera captures to surface in recent memory — a hog that doesn’t look like what most Texas hunters expect to see roaming the brush.
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For decades, mountain lions have been considered absent from much of the eastern United States based on officially accepted range maps. But verified photographs tell a different story. Watch this new video here. The photographs discussed in this video were
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Most people picture Texas as a place of longhorn cattle, armadillos along rural roads, and white-tailed deer slipping through mesquite brush. The state’s wildlife image feels settled and familiar. Yet Texas quietly supports animals many people never associate with it
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Residents in the Texas Hill Country have reported a troubling pattern: individuals going door-to-door claiming to be wildlife researchers and asking for permission to shoot deer on private land. Authorities are concerned it is a poacher scam. The men say
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In Pineville, Louisiana, a wild hog forced its way into a home — a moment of chaos that left residents shocked and reminded everyone how unpredictable these animals can be. The details are unsettling, so we’ll keep them light, but
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Have you always wanted to visit a state park but never been? Make plans to visit one of 89 Texas State Parks on Nov. 2! In honor of Texas State Parks Day, a tradition born from 2023’s centennial celebration, everyone
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Across Texas, from the piney woods of the east to the mountains of the far west, a quiet comeback is underway. Black bears once nearly wiped out from the state are returning. It started in East Texas. Game cameras in
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Something unusual has been captured on camera in the Texas wild. A recent video provided by the Skupin family shows a feline with the body shape of a bobcat but the striking spotted coat of an ocelot. The short clip
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If you spend enough time wade fishing or island-hopping along the Texas Coast, you’ll eventually encounter one of our most misunderstood yet dangerous neighbors—the rattlesnake. From Galveston southward, these snakes are part of the coastal landscape, and their numbers seem
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Social media is exploding with wild claims about a supposed “dolphin hunting season” in Florida. Facebook and Instagram are flooded with viral posts and shocking videos — but what’s real and what’s pure internet fiction? Watch the video below. In
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