Latest local news, weather, high school sports in the Rio Grande Valley

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  The prolonged drought plaguing southernmost Texas is taking its toll on wildlife.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012  Thousands of jellyfish have washed up on the shores of South Padre Island.

Monday, February 21, 2011  With fewer than 50 ocelots thought to remain in Deep South Texas, the chance of seeing one in the wild is remote. However, this ocelot kitten estimated to be about four months old suddenly appeared late last year at a watering hole near the Visitors Center at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011  Jody Mays emerges from the thorny chaparral at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge with one of the rarest cats in the Untied States. There are estimated to be fewer than 50 ocelots remaining in the country, and the only place they occur is Deep South Texas.

Monday, February 07, 2011  The recent freezing weather that coated the lower Valley in ice Friday morning and left road signs and brush strung with icicles took a deadly toll on fish and sea turtles in the Lower Laguna Madre that Texas Parks and Wildlife biologists are just beginning to assess.

Monday, October 18, 2010  It is the peak of the peregrine falcon migration along the coastline of South Padre Island, and biologists with the Peregrine Fund and Earthspan are busy capturing, banding and taking blood samples form these magnificent birds of prey.

Monday, August 09, 2010  Eventually, all the floodwater draining into the Rio Grande flows into the Lower Laguna Madre and Gulf of Mexico.

Monday, November 23, 2009  In today's Nature Report, Richard Moore joins a local marine biologist who has been monitoring the red tide for nearly two months.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009  A group of biologists contracted to perform environmental studies for the border fence has filed a lawsuit against their employer.