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At the time of European settlement in West Texas, the mourning dove may have been the only dove species living in the area.

In wet years the usually bare ground of the desert is green with promise in the winter. Do you know some of the most common early wildflowers? Do you know the belly flowers?

Little piles of dark earthworm castings sprinkle the soil after a rain. During dry spells earthworms wait, deep in the soil, encased in a shell made of their mucous and the dirt. After a rain, they feast on decaying organic material during the time of moisture and void the processed material, castings, on the surface.

The Color Purple is now the second-biggest Christmas Day opening in history — $18 million on day one of its release.

Swift's The Tortured Poets Department has been the biggest album in the country for 12 consecutive weeks, the longest run atop that chart of her career.

The authors of a new book argue that efforts to raise achievement for students at the bottom have come at the expense of the most gifted and talented.

Bad Bunny, who had the most-streamed album of both 2022 and 2023, seems to have another potential juggernaut on his hands. But to top the chart this week he had to hold off an unlikely challenger.

The favorite pet of many people on the Llano Estacado and in the Trans Pecos is the box turtle. What makes these turtles wonderful and admirable neighbors?

The agave is one of the most recognizable of West Texas plants, with its thick, blue-green leaves and towering blooms. For Natives peoples, the agave, or…

Chief Justice John Roberts has declined an invitation to meet with top Senate Democrats over judicial ethics, citing “separation of powers concerns.”