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video by Edna Queen, taken at her home in the Davis Mountains in May 2019.There's nothing like the presence of an apex predator – an animal that could…

There is nothing more life-giving than flowing water in a land of little rain. And the rivers of desert West Texas are a lifeline not only for humankind,…

These tiny fish disappeared from our region almost fifty years ago. But today, silvery minnows swim again in the Big Bend reach of the Rio Grande. What does this mean for the future of this endangered species and its namesake river?

Spring is here. So tighten your stampede string and hold onto your hat - in Far West Texas, spring means the wind is going to blow. Do you ever wonder…

On this week's Nature Notes we delve into an old staple of desert living - rain water harvesting. Depending on the system, rainwater harvesting can be…

Big Bend National Park is home to many rare and endangered species, but the Big Bend gambusia lives particularly close to the edge of extinction. How has this fish hung on to such a precarious existence?

Any Texan growing up in the 50s and 60s will tell you that "Horny Toads" were quite common then. So why don't we see them any more? What has happened to…

Mammoths, camels, ground sloths, bison, saber-toothed tigers, and dire wolves dominated the North American landscape during the most recent Ice Age, which…

This episode of Nature Notes brings us to the white sand dunes in Tularosa Basin, New Mexico. Generally considered an inhospitable place for life, the…

Since its first telescope was dedicated in 1939, astronomers at McDonald Observatory have enjoyed some of the darkest skies in the country. Researchers…