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AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 44) – As temperatures begin to rise, activity on Texas lakes, rivers and coastal waters starts to increase. Texas Game Wardens would like to remind paddlers and water sport ...

Nearly 1,000 abandoned crab traps were cleared from Texas bays this year, rescuing marine life and cleaning up coastlines statewide.

As Texas faces growing water challenges, the donation to the Texas Water Trust — a little-known conservation tool created nearly 30 years ago — was the first in two decades.

Conservation groups, including the Galveston Bay Foundation, joined Texas Parks and Wildlife staff, Texas Game Wardens and ...

More than 500 lucky crustaceans were spared this year.

Most of us have an idea what an aquarium is, but in Corpus Christi, the Texas State Aquarium is something else altogether. It ...

Those same animals, the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), have now effectively vanished from the state’s uplands, ...

The aggressive pace of expansion has alarmed advocates who say the construction will destroy pristine country, threaten ...

Conservationists are warning that the Trump administration is working state by state to undo decades of progress in clearing ...

As Congress remains at an impasse over fully funding Department of Homeland Security operations, including not funding TSA leaving airports and travelers in the lurch, Texans ...