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After an absence of nearly fifty years, black bears have been making a remarkable comeback in Big Bend National Park. Why did they return? And what's the outlook for the future of black bears in our region?

In the last forty years every town of any size has had at least one bird rehabilitator or animal rescue operation become part of the community.

Who hasn't spent a few lazy moments sitting by a pond or stream watching those lovely, gauzy-winged insects called "dragonflies" and "damselflies"? And we have all wondered if these beautiful creatures had descriptive common names or only multi-syllabled scientific ones.

Have you ever seen a mountain lion? Puma concolor has many names: puma, cougar, panther, painter, catamount and mountain lion. In Mexico it is known as "lepardo." By whatever name it is called, it is a handsome and extremely interesting member of our fauna.

Ladybugs are renowned as a good luck symbol and welcomed with open arms by gardeners. Why are these colorful insects worthy of such admiration?

Summer storms send many desert frogs and toads into a raucous reproductive frenzy. What role do their choruses play in their hasty courtship?

In the Chihuahuan Desert, we spend fall, winter, spring and summer talking about our fifth season—the rainy season. What does its arrival mean for our plant and animal neighbors?

This episode of Nature Notes was previously aired on January 3, 2013. How many kinds of birds eat fish, and what different methods they use to catch their…

You’ve seen their sprawling, barren mounds, like little moonscapes in your field or lawn. But what lies beneath harvester ants’ conspicuous mounds?

This episode of Nature Notes was previously aired on February 14th, 2013. Have you ever seen a Horned Lark? Horned Larks are seldom seen, but they live…