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As every school child learns from Johnny Appleseed, bringing plants to the people is good work. Since 2002, the Big Bend chapter of the Native Plant…

Naturalists know that the Big Bend's harsh conditions mask a tremendous diversity of living things. The Chihuahuan Desert is home to plants and animals…

Africa collided with what's now the eastern United States, while South and North America fused near the equator. Three hundred million years ago, the…

At the buzz of a rattlesnake, the heart races, and the adrenalin flows. Our response is primal, physical. But rattlesnakes also exert a power over the…

The Triassic redbeds are one of the scenic highlights of West Texas. They dazzle in the red cliffs of Palo Duro Canyon and Caprock Canyons state parks.…

Rising a mile above desert plains, the Guadalupe Mountains are an icon in the West Texas landscape. They draw geologists, biologists, artists – and Texans…

It's been called “the crown jewel of West Texas” and “the heart of the Franklin Mountains.” Castner Range is 7,000 acres of cliffs, canyons and open…

It's an unassuming cactus – with an outsized cultural impact. From its home range in the Texas-Mexico borderlands, it's been incorporated into the…

Shade from the summer sun, shelter from the spring wind, radiant colors in fall, a welcome canopy of green in a landscape of ruddy browns and yellows. The…

It was first identified in captive mule deer in Colorado. It's now spread to 23 states and two Canadian provinces. In 2012, it was detected in Texas mule…