One sunny morning in May, four high school students stood on a flower-dappled prairie in southern Dallas holding shovels. Before them swayed a Texas blazing star, a tall and spindly stalk that erupts ...

I’m a Blackland Prairie gal. I fell in love with it the moment I saw a small patch of brushy bluestem grass asserting itself in a pasture of Bermuda. But it wasn’t until I walked Clymer Meadow, a ...

There are nearly 8 million people living in North Texas. So this is an urban area, although we're all familiar with the occasional coyote wandering through. But also living among us are bobcats, river ...

Bald Eagle 174 got its pre-flight checkup Tuesday morning at the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center in Lucas. "We will check their wings and check to make sure they have full range of motion," Blackland ...

Landowners restore grasslands for wildlife in the Blackland Prairie region of Texas. Protected alligator snapping turtles are returned to their natural habitats, after the trafficked animals are saved ...

DALLAS — You could say a North Texas bird rescue group gave a hoot when they recently rescued a screech owl that’d gotten stuck in a basketball post. A homeowner called Blackland Prairie Raptor Center ...

Native Plants and Prairies Day is a fun, free event for families to celebrate our Blackland Prairies here in North Texas. Throughout the day, we will have a range of speakers, exhibits, prairie tours, ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with The Texas Tribune. One sunny morning in May, four high school students stood on a flower-dappled prairie in southern Dallas holding shovels.

DALLAS — You could say a North Texas bird rescue group gave a hoot when they recently rescued a screech owl that’d gotten stuck in a basketball post. A homeowner called Blackland Prairie Raptor Center ...

A fatal incident occurred on southbound Highway 288 near Southmore Boulevard when a male pedestrian, involved in a minor accident, stepped into moving traffic and was struck by a vehicle, resulting in ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with The Texas Tribune. One sunny morning in May, four high school students stood on a flower-dappled prairie in southern Dallas holding shovels.