Texas Parks and Wildlife warns avian influenza is spreading in wild birds. Here’s what officials say about risks to pets, people and backyard flocks.

The threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), commonly referred to as ‘bird-flu’, has increased in the North Texas ...

Texas wildlife officials are asking hunters and anglers to weigh in on the next round of hunting and fishing... The post ...

Austin Wildlife Rescue to open new intake site soon ...

Armadillos are making North Carolina their home. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with wildlife biologist Colleen Olfenbuttel about how Texas' state mammal has gotten a foothold in the Tar Heel State.

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The Trump administration has stopped the expansion of the state’s oldest animal refuge. One of the goal’s of the expansion was to protect the sandhill crane. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / ...

Texas has some of the most lax exotic animal ownership laws in the country. Texas bans the ownership of lions, tigers, jaguars, cougars, leopards, and cheetahs, following enactment of the federal Big ...

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While the world’s jaws dropped at the news of Cecil the lion’s death last week, hundreds of less famous exotic wild animals died a little closer to home: in Texas. Texas is home to about 5,000 ...

LUBBOCK Plans to expand the oldest wildlife refuge in Texas have been scrapped in favor of President Donald Trump’s effort to “unleash American energy.” The reversal, which was announced last month, ...