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

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Dr. Bart Ballard, research scientist with Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M Kingsville, enters the University's state of the art avian radar detection system.

Monday, April 22, 2013  It's the peak of spring migration thru America's most critical migratory corridor here in Deep South Texas, and colorful songbirds such as painted buntings and rose-breasted grosbeaks' are briefly stopping over to rest and refuel on their flight to breeding grounds throughout North America.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A phantom cat secretively stalks the remnants of thick thorny brush in southernmost Texas.

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

Monday, December 17, 2012  Researchers in the South Texas brush country are discovering that approximately one out of every ten bobcats has a striking resemblance to the endangered ocelot.  Richard Moore has the story.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011  Texas is tops when it comes to hunting.

Monday, December 27, 2010  King Ranch, founded in 1853, stretches across 825,000 acres in deep South Texas. One of the largest and most famous ranches in the world, it is also a haven for wildlife.

Monday, December 13, 2010  Perhaps the most important factor affecting the future of fish and wildlife conservation in Texas is the role of the private landowner.

Monday, November 22, 2010  From working with endangered ocelots to growing native plants for habitat restoration, the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University in Kingsville is the leading wildlife research organization in Texas and certainly one of the finest in the nation.