Founded in 1888, it’s considered Texas’ oldest and biggest zoological ... the Madagascar radiated tortoise, the Tadjik markhor, the Nigerian dwarf goat, and the laughing Kookaburra.

Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii ... with a population of fewer than 100 individuals in South Texas. Habitat destruction and fragmentation are major threats. Conservation efforts focus on habitat ...

The desert mule deer is a common sight in west Texas, but wildlife biologists in the area came across an extremely uncommon ...

The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of execution for David Leonard Wood, who has always denied being the so-called "Desert Killer" and reiterated his innocence in a recent ...

Texas is getting ready to perform its third execution of 2025 on Thursday while the man set to be executed seeks to have that ...

Texas death row inmate David Leonard Wood's ... week over the killings of six girls and young women found buried in the desert near El Paso. The court put Wood's execution on pause "until further ...

The desert mule deer is a common sight in the Trans-Pecos region of west Texas, but when wildlife biologists conducted surveys recently, they came across an extremely uncommon sight. In fact ...

Scientists have identified both a new species and genus of sunflower in the Texas desert, but climate change may threaten its future before we fully understand it. A close-up view of the wooly ...