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Monday, June 17, 2013  With temperatures soaring beyond the century mark in Deep South Texas, a ranch country oasis quickly becomes a magnet for wildlife.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  South Padre Island’s tranquil beaches are the home to a delicate balance of wildlife that we need to protect as much as we enjoy.

Monday, June 03, 2013  The Texas Horned Lizard, commonly called the horny toad, thrives on Mary Jo Bogatto's Cactus Creek Ranch east of Rio Hondo where she has marked 23 harvester ant beds, which are the favorite food of Texas's state reptile.

Monday, May 20, 2013  The Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife has a big job, monitoring four million acres of saltwater, including the states bays and estuaries and out to ten nautical miles in the Gulf of Mexico.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Texas and Louisiana have sued to block federal fishery officials from regulating the length of the red snapper recreational fishing season in federal waters off their coasts.

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.

Monday, April 15, 2013  The yellow gold eyes of a bobcat reflect the late afternoon light as the thirsty cat laps up the tepid water.

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

Friday, April 05, 2013  Game wardens with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have seized more than two tons of marijuana worth nearly $4 million.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Easter sunrise is fast approaching, and while it is early in the South Texas outdoors for most birds to be laying eggs some like the great blue heron are already incubating.

Monday, March 25, 2013  If you want to see an alligator at Alligator Pond on Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge east of Rio Hondo, then you are out of luck.

Friday, March 22, 2013  The majestic Ocelot is a small feline, found only in the South Texas area.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A black-throated sparrow proclaims his territory from atop a spiny yucca, while nearby a cactus wren sings from a thorny branch.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  A Dallas man has been sentenced to a year of probation after he pleaded guilty to killing a whooping crane, a federally protected species of endangered waterfowl.