WILDLIFE

Animal observing at a zoo or aquarium are popular activities for many, but some have decided to take it to a new level.

As the world’s population has increased, so, too, has the need to accommodate such growth. Areas that were wild as recently as 100 years ago may have long since been overrun by housing and urban development, leaving little space for local wildlife to call home.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Features San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Jace Tunnell with the University of Texas Marine Science Institute found a “rare” monster-like fish on Mustang Island near Port Aransas. Tunnell, who is the reserve director for the institute, posted a video of a dead 4-foot-long American eel.

Dozens of volunteers used clippers and gloves while working together to clean a South Side wildlife site Saturday morning.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said two desert cottontail rabbits and one black-tailed jackrabbit in El Paso County tested positive for the disease.

Elmer the porcupine is apparently not afraid of big cats at the San Antonio Zoo. The zoo posted a video of Elmer visiting the lions on Wednesday on Facebook.

More than six dozen threatened manatees are currently in rehabilitation centers in Florida and elsewhere amid a chronic starvation problem caused by water pollution.

It’s not a record-setter for the lake or even the biggest red drum fish caught this month.

The Texas State Aquarium released nine loggerhead sea turtles into the Gulf of Mexico after they were rehabilitated at its program in Corpus Christi.

The San Antonio Zoo has earned an excellence in animal welfare certificate from the American Humane organization.

A San Antonio bird rehabilitation organization is asking for the public’s help in searching for a bald eagle that escaped on Monday evening on the North Side.

Two orphaned cougar cubs that a rancher found in Washington have settled into a new home in Texas.

The aquarium decided to relocate its sea turtle operations to the nearby 26,000-square-foot Striker Building at the Port of Corpus Christi.

San Antonio Zoo has partnered with the Director of Wine Making at Kerrville Hills Winery, John Rivenburgh, to create Conservino, a wine that will help conservation efforts in wildlife.

Embark on a stunning visual journey, narrated by Mathew McConaughey, into the Lone Star state’s hidden natural wonders.

Oregon had about 173 wolves in 2021, according to an annual survey conducted by state and tribal biologists.

A college wrestler from a small Wyoming school helped his teammate survive a grizzly mauling over the weekend by trying to wrestle the massive bear off his friend, eventually drawing a more brutal attack to himself.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is reminding state park visitors to leave no trace, including putting those rocks down.

Texas wildlife is still feeling the effects of the drought, and that will likely affect hunters this fall season, according to biologists.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is asking hunters, wildlife rehabilitators and the public, in general, to be cautious when handling birds to help reduce the spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPIA.

Texas horned lizards that hatched at the San Antonio Zoo’s Center for Conservation and Research this summer have been released into the wild.

Texas hunters should expect moderate conditions for white-tailed deer when the season kicks off this fall.

Authorities say a shark has attacked and killed a U.S. cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling in waters around the Bahamas. Tuesday’s attack involved a 58-year-old woman from Pennsylvania and occurred at a popular snorkeling spot near Green Cay in the northern Bahamas, police spokeswoman Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings told The Associated Press.

A North Texas man who typically witnesses quiet games of golf from his backyard caught a rare sight last week.

Researchers in the Rio Grande Valley discovered an invasive crayfish that can have a negative effect on native species and can also carry the crayfish plague.

A campground at Big Bend National Park is closed to the public due to increased bear activity.

Most of the world's chalk streams are in southern and eastern England and are under particular strain.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department may add containment and surveillance zones to stem the spread of chronic wasting disease, or “zombie deer disease,” in South-Central Texas.

Visitors of Big Bend National Park now have a new 3-mile loop trail to test their hiking skills on.

The U.S. Coast Guard seized 40 sharks that were caught illegally off the South Texas coast earlier this week.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife released its newest conservation license plate that features “one of the toughest birds around.”

An ailing manatee that was found and rehabilitated in Texas late last year is now in Florida after being flown from Texas on a cargo plane.

The Texas State Aquarium is caring for eight sick loggerhead sea turtles that were found stranded on Port Aransas beaches, and they’re among several others that were recently found dead or sick.

A lion formerly housed at the San Antonio Zoo fatally attacked a lioness at an Alabama zoo during an introduction earlier this week.

The Window Trail in the Chisos Basin in Big Bend National Park is closed to public use until further notice.

About 6,000 bees were recently removed from inside the walls of an Omaha couple's 100-year-old home.

The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would deliver nearly $1.5 billion annually to fund state-level wildlife plans intended to help vulnerable species.

A 5-year-old Texas boy was hospitalized after he was bit by a copperhead snake while doing yardwork earlier this month.

The use and sale of the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle have been in the public eye after the tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde late last month that left 21 people dead.

A 2-year-old boy who was attacked by a coyote on the porch of his Dallas home is recovering.

National Park Service officials say a wild horse who has become “extremely aggressive” with staff and visitors at Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland has been relocated to a Texas wildlife sanctuary.

Police say a 2-year-old child has been hospitalized in critical condition after being mauled by a coyote on the front porch of the child's Dallas home.

Sheriff’s deputies captured video of a large alligator crawling through a front yard in Florida before making its way into a community lake.

A dolphin that was stranded on a Texas beach died after beachgoers tried to swim with it and ride it, according to the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network.

A hungry javelina in Arizona ended up going for a drive when it became trapped inside a car.

A fungus that has killed millions of bats nationwide has been found in Louisiana but has not sickened any bats so far in the state.

The Texas coral snake is a little more distinct than any other venomous snake in the state, as it’s brightly colored with red, yellow and black bands and can be seen from several feet away.

A rabies-infected fox had contact with someone in Kerrville last week, making it the second rabies case this year in Kerr County.

The lizard’s fragility has been recognized since at least 1977, when the state officially classified horny toads as threatened. The growing sprawl of Texas cities wiped away large swaths of habitat.

If you have walked, run or ridden in some of the San Antonio city parks or trailheads recently, you may have noticed large beautiful sculptures depicting South Texas native flowers.

The wildlife stories are bigger in Texas, too.

Researchers are calling on the public to report monarch butterfly sightings in eight southern and Gulf states.

State Parks and Wildlife officials said it was released earlier this month and they just shared this video.

Jean-Michel Arrigona, 58, and his company Natur, Inc. in Midvale, Utah, sell wildlife in the forms of art, taxidermy mounts, bones, and skeletons. The indictment alleges that Arrigona imported wildlife into the United States without declaring it to U.S. The Lacey Act is the nation’s oldest wildlife trafficking statute and prohibits, among other things, selling wildlife that had been illegally brought into the country. The Endangered Species Act and federal regulations require importers to declare wildlife when it enters the country. The operation focused on the trafficking of wildlife from Indonesia to the United States.