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By Sally BeauvaisAs we approach the end of monsoon season in West Texas, now's a good time to step outside and take a moment to appreciate the dramatic…

It doesn't take an archeologist to recognize it was an important place for prehistoric peoples. In a limestone cliff near the Chinati Mountains, two…

You might think of plants as immobile, but they’ve evolved diverse strategies to scatter their offspring far and wide. What are some tactics desert plants use to scatter their seeds?

Diana Nguyen speaks to Annette Minjarez of the Family Crisis Center of the Big Bend. They talk about domestic and sexual violence, and the resources the organization provides for residents of the region. Later in the show, Nguyen talks to Caitlin Murray, co-editor of “Donald Judd Interviews.” It’s a volume of conversations the artist had spanning thirty years. The book covers a diverse range of topics which include art, politics, and philosophy.

This morning, Marfa Public Radio visits with musician Andy Davis, who is passing through Marfa on his way to shows in the Texas cities, with the Los…

Janet Williams Pollard.

Immense, baffling in their extent, the Llano Estacado plains of West Texas are like a sea. Immersed in that oceanic quality, a traveler here encounters…

Their cries are one of North America's most stirring sounds – a potent reminder of enduring wildness. A half million sandhill cranes migrate via West…

Holiday cocktails, with Tom and Drew

There's a “solace in open spaces,” as the title of Gretel Ehrlich's memoir of life in Wyoming would have it, and Americans appear to have found that…