The Texas Game Wardens have filed 1,400 charges across 11 counties across the state in the “Ghost Deer” investigation, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
The July 4 floods wiped out plants, animals and insects from the Guadalupe River. Now weeks later, the silence is beginning to fill with sounds of nature as some species return.
In Oakland Estates, there’s room to breathe. Not just for the residents but for the wildlife, too. That might explain why you’ll find so many animals roaming the neighborhood.
A month after a woman in Boerne was bitten by a fox possibly infected with rabies, a fox was found dead that was indeed infected with rabies, according to city officials.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office sent out an alert Tuesday about a “large” cat sighting in northwest Bexar County. BCSO said the feline was seen in a greenbelt near the 10400 block of Foxen Way, a neighborhood off Highway 16 north of Helotes. So, we pulled information from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to learn about the big cats native to South Texas.
The San Antonio Zoo officially opened its Naylor Savanna which features the largest habitat in zoo history. The habitat features three male giraffes, zebras, ostriches and rhinos.
September isn’t just marked by meteorological fall or Labor Day, it’s also when an array of state laws goes into effect.
For National Zookeeper Week, KSAT visited the staff at the San Antonio Zoo who say they are passionate about the health and happiness of animals.
In the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas, across from Texas, heavy rains associated with Hurricane Beryl and the earlier Tropical Storm Alberto have led at least 200 crocodiles to enter urban areas.
Nearly 40 alligators from the South Padre Island Birding, Nature Center and Alligator Sanctuary were removed as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches the Gulf of Mexico.
Deer, ducks, geese, and squirrels are nature’s lovely creatures, and you may want to feed their cute little faces. But the City of New Braunfels is reminding people not to feed the wildlife, and there’s a good reason for it.
Several counties surrounding Bexar County appear to be experiencing bumps in the number of rabies cases, though a state veterinarian says it’s not enough to qualify as a spike.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is asking residents to clean bird feeders and baths due to an infectious disease spreading across the state.
Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Inc., a local nonprofit organization that rescues and rehabilitates native Texas wildlife, is seeking donations to support its mission.
Authorities are investigating after a rare whooping crane, which hatched at the Dallas Zoo last year, was shot and killed in Louisiana.
Hunters in Texas should expect to see improved harvests and opportunities when the season opens due to better habitat conditions.
An attack by a grizzly bear has left two people dead in a national park in western Canada, and the bear was later killed by park rangers, officials said.
The San Antonio River Authority is opening a 74-acre park in West Bexar County and a 351-acre park in South Bexar County just in time for fall outings.
A Girl Scout troop’s trip to a Southeast Texas lake over the weekend turned into a terrifying encounter when they spotted an alligator swimming toward them.
The San Antonio Zoo announced the hatchings of nearly 50 Oklahoma Cave Crayfish, “one of the rarest crayfish species in North America.”
Under its “Our Texas, Our Future” campaign, the films bring attention to the work various organizations are doing in Texas to protect wildlife habitats, save endangered animal species and showcase the beauty of Texas.
A Texas woman says she feels like “the luckiest person alive” after a snake fell out of the sky and landed on her and was then attacked by a hawk.
With the summer heat wave in full swing in Southern California, a backyard pool is a tempting place to take a dip. Even for a bear.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is launching a new campaign to help educate the public about a fatal neurological disease among deer known as Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD.
The Padre Island National Seashore says it recently received a “not-so-welcome visitor.” The invasive Australian Spotted Jellyfish, or Phyllorhiza punctata, was spotted on North Beach, PINS said.
The Honey Creek State Natural Area in Spring Branch has grown by 515 acres, thanks to a $25 million acquisition that protects the area amid the commercial and residential development boom.
Photos from KSAT viewers show they’ve been “splooting” just about anywhere they can get some reprieve as temperatures soar in the San Antonio area.
Benito the giraffe arrived in Mexico’s arid northern border city of Ciudad Juarez just last month, and already the climate appears to be a problem — and he's only had to deal with the scorching heat of summer.
If you’ve noticed more snake sightings at the San Antonio River Walk or even in your neighborhood, it’s not uncommon for this time of year.
Federal and state wildlife authorities are asking for the public’s help in catching whoever might be responsible for the deaths of four bald eagles in Arkansas’ Marion County earlier this year.
Tampa police officers were called to a commercial part of town because of a disturbance, but it wasn’t a public brawl or anyone behaving in a disorderly manner.
Mitchell Lake Audubon Center is excited to bring back Migratory Bird Fest as we celebrate spring migration with a free, family-friendly community festival. This annual event will take place on Saturday, March 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
When the Atascosa County Animal Control responded to a call on Thursday morning, they were met with a toothy and scaly surprise.
People in a Southeast Side neighborhood are getting the word out about a group of wild hogs that are roaming the streets.
The deadly Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 has moved eastward in Texas and was detected for the first time in the Hill Country.
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.
The Texas State Aquarium released nine loggerhead sea turtles into the Gulf of Mexico after they were rehabilitated at its program in Corpus Christi.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.