Our fall season has finally arrived, with the ebb and flow of ambient temperature typical of Central Texas to the Upper Gulf ...

Native plants are not always best. That is a true statement. Just because a plant grows wild in the swamps of Southeast Texas or the deserts of West Texas, it doesn’t get a blanket approval ...

Technically speaking, the aster family is a botanical crazy quilt of composite bloomers (plants whose inflorescences contain ...

Red mulberry trees: A very fast-growing exotic species, red mulberry trees produce its fruit on female trees. They grow to 35 feet tall and with the help of the birds that love its fruit are a ...

As climate change makes South Texas' summers hotter and winters more likely to bring freezes, homeowners may want to reconsider their landscaping plants.

“Native plants form the foundation of healthy food webs and sustain pollinators who in turn provide food for other wildlife,” Craig Hensley, a biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

A new species of mining bee has been discovered in Oklahoma and Texas.The newly namedAndrena androfovea has been documented ...

A new study tracked bat activity in Fort Worth and found that these “sky puppies” need just the right kind of tree canopy to thrive.

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For these American ranchers, sustainability is a way of life. Find out how they're using cattle to sequester carbon and ...

In this episode of The Breakdown, host Brad Montgomery and guest Lois Balin dive into the world of invasive species affecting ...

This month, volunteers will plant 400 trees donated by TXU Energy in 10 communities across the state—including at impactful ...