By Kayla Pringle Each year, young artists across the state of Texas have the opportunity to turn creativity into conservation through the SPLASh (Stopping Plastic and Litter Along Shorelines) Beach …
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By Evan McGuire Everyone has heard of mistletoe and its connotations with Christmas, but do you really know what it is? I don’t think I really knew what it was …
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By Celeste Silling In 2005, the Secretary of the Interior made the announcement that an Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus principalis, had been seen in eastern Arkansas. This announcement thrilled the birding …
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By Caleb Clarkson In my personal life, there are times when my brain feels like it is moving a million miles per minute. Whether it is personal struggles, friction with …
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By Hannah Beckett The past month, stores and radio airwaves have been filled with Christmas music. Every year we hear our favorite holiday tunes on repeat and mindlessly sing along …
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by Martin Hagne All black, often noisy, and gregarious, all those blackbirds. Some seem smaller, some more brownish, and some are rather large. To most folks, that may be all …
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By Rebecca Bracken While I suspect the majority of people here in Texas have seen a monarch butterfly, most probably don’t know that they make one of the most amazing …
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A Leap Too Far For decades, the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) played a surprising and essential role in human medicine. Native to the still waters of southern Africa, these …
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By Celeste Silling Texas has five native species of skunk, more than any other state in the nation. These species are the Striped Skunk, Western Spotted Skunk, Eastern Spotted Skunk, …
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