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The Rio Grande, the Devils River, the Lower Pecos. The rivers of West Texas are exceptions to the desert rule. In this harsh land, they're a life-giving…

They're uniquely austere landscapes, in a famously austere region. Across the Chihuahuan Desert, exposures of gypsum create white dune fields, badlands,…

For Native peoples, the arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought destruction on a staggering scale. Along with the catastrophic human toll, there was…

Agaves are signature plants of the Southwest and Mexico. Today, a taste for distilled agave spirits – tequila, mezcal – is global. But that's a recent…

The confluence of the Pecos and the Rio Grande is the Chihuahuan Desert's lowest, hottest point. The landscape bears the evidence. Across sun-blasted…

The hum of a hive, the burning pain of a sting – honeybees are hard to ignore. But don't let the buzz of these European imports drown out the broader bee…

They form a sophisticated society, with intricate communication. Prairie dogs are remarkable for their intelligence and sociability. And they're a…

West Texas boasts among the greatest diversity of hummingbirds of any region in the country. Each year in late summer, birders convene in Fort Davis for…

The rains have ended. The weather is bracing. On prairies and grasslands, green gives way to gold. Winter is coming to West Texas, and nature herself…

They sail in on wingspans of 7 feet, arriving in groups of three and four. The massive birds stake out their roosts for the night, and they jostle, cry…