The wide-open vistas of the Texas High Plains weren’t always cotton fields and center-pivots, they were once carpeted in shortgrass prairie, a hardy mix of native grasses.

For years, Denton County residents have spotted their share of harmless snakes, but never a Western Diamondback rattlesnake — ...

A mushroom that hisses, smokes, and looks like a star when it blooms. Here’s why the Texas Star, aka the Devil’s Cigar, ...

When talking about coaches of the year candidates, one must look at Huff at USM. Heck, if he guides Southern Miss to 10 wins, ...

The City of Austin released 1,955 sterile grass carp into Lake Austin to combat the invasive aquatic plant hydrilla, which ...

Joel Caldwell and two friends have been working to improve wetlands in Charleston, South Carolina. All three had children ...

Colorado's wildlife begins to adapt to the coming frigid weather before winter sets in. Learn what Colorado's wildlife does ...

One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi highway was shot and killed early Sunday by a woman who says she feared for the safety of her children. Jessica ...

Cutting Overgrown Grass Full of snakes We received a letter from an Anonymous neighbor who complained that our grass was too tall by the creek and causing mosquitoes. We decided to cut the overgrown ...

As the leaves turn to shades of orange and brown, a copperhead snake starts to blend perfectly into its habitat. These are one of four venomous snakes found in Texas alongside rattlesnakes, ...

A Texas high school teacher is under fire for telling her students that she fed one of their classroom snakes an “ailing” kitten before school in early September. The woman who oversees an advanced ...