Caleb Clarkson On the rural county roads of coastal Texas, the carcasses of animals that met the ultimate wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time fate occasionally pepper the ditches and culverts along the unshouldered, two-lane …
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By Martin Hagne Neotropical bird migration started eons ago, with tropical birds slowly following the melting ice mass over land, looking for more food and habitat further north. Eventually it …
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By Kate Underwood Did you know that there were once seals in Texas? The Caribbean Monk Seal (Monachus tropicalis) was last officially sighted in 1952 and declared extinct by the …
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By Kayla Pringle Have you ever heard someone say that we are currently in a sixth mass extinction? A mass extinction occurs when the world’s biodiversity declines at a rate …
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By Celeste Silling Gulf Coast Bird Observatory is celebrating the 30th anniversary of our Smith Point Hawk Watch this fall. GCBO has hosted the Smith Point Hawk Watch at the …
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Kate Underwood If you’ve spent any time traveling around Texas, you know this state is home to wild and beautiful places. What you may not know is that up until …
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Hailey Burrow A Great Blue Heron stands with its long legs submerged in water. It waits patiently, its head tucked close to its body as it keeps a close eye …
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By Rebecca Bracken Let’s talk hawks! No, not the Atlanta Hawks basketball team or the Seattle Seahawks football team, but the amazing birds flying overhead each fall. Watching birds migrate …
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By Hannah Beckett Did you know that there are sirens living in Texas? No, not the ones from Greek mythology, but amphibians! These animals are aquatic, mysterious, and vocal, earning …
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By Celeste Silling Above a coastal prairie, a bird hovers as if tied to a string. This bird is called a Kite, named for the way it stays in place …
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