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The high, arid land of Far West Texas is a demanding, if sublime, context for life. Yet throughout its extent, plants and animals, of a hardy beauty, have…

Rock art is a powerful expression of the Native American past here. From Palo Duro Canyon to the Pecos River, the region's first peoples painted and…

America's national parks have never been more popular. Parks visitation hit a record high – with 330 million recreational visits – in 2016, the year of…

What small gourd looks like a tiny watermelon, stinks to high heaven and is highly valuable both to insects and humans?

Trees seem scarce in the Chihuahuan Desert. But soapberry trees manage to thrive throughout our region and can even be used to wash your hands. How do desert dwellers exploit this hardy tree?

Butterflies throng golden lantana, bees swarm fragrant agarita, and hummingbirds sip from red yucca. These couplings aren’t accidental.

They eat roadkill. They urinate on themselves. When frightened, they vomit. The turkey vultures have returned. Why does our harbinger of spring have so many unsavory habits?

In the seventeenth century, Spanish explorers complained that because of this plant they couldn’t travel at night. The nineteenth century Texas rangers, who wrote that in Texas everything stings, scratches or bites, certainly had this little plant in mind.

This episode of Nature Notes was previously aired on March 11, 2011, and was written by Gary Nored. One of the most interesting plants in the desert is…

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