Mid-Coast Sea Turtle teams braved cold temperatures and strong winds on their mission to find reptiles in need of care. 

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reopened the area because it found what it considers to be a reasonable percentage of oysters measuring 3 inches or more in the sample dredges it collects.

A coalition of environmental groups, including some from the Crossroads, declared victory in a dispute with a federal agency on Tuesday.

A mobile app from developer Bandwango will allow Victoria birders to check-in to a geolocation and earn prizes for doing so. The feature is expected to launch in the spring.

Among the 50 United States, only California has more bird species than Texas.

Texas Parks and Wildlife announced another oyster harvest area closure on Friday.

Retired professor and livestock specialist Joe Paschal is now the executive vice president for the American Brahman Breeders Association

Whooping cranes are migrating to South Texas all the way from Wood Buffalo Park in western Canada.

Car crashes involving deer are more likely to happen right after daylight savings time ends.

The project proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would include construction of a breakwater structure made from rocks.

The inspiration for the turtle rescue program sparked soon after the winter storm of February 2021. 

New data from the Environmental Integrity Project claimed the power station is mismanaging its coal ash waste. Coal ash is the byproduct of the process in which coal is used to make electricity.

Josephine's Reef, a 48-acre area inside San Antonio Bay, will be closed to oyster harvesting for two years. With this temporary closure, TPWD hopes young oysters will be able to grow in size and make way for a new generation of oysters to populate the area.

Most of the plastic pollution in the Atlantic Ocean tends to float on the surface, but around 1% of plastic waste goes down into the deep sea.

Calhoun Port Authority Director Charles Hausmann shared some information about the project's recent developments.

"Our participation numbers tripled this year," said Allan Berger, who chairs the partnership and serves as cleanup coordinator for the organization. "I was significantly impressed we the amount of trash our teams picked up and it goes to show just how significant a problem this is."

Paschal constantly praises the people he worked with, both the producers and the county agents and other extension specialists.

Fishers from Calhoun County met with Texas Parks and Wildlife to discuss multiple oyster reef proposals Thursday night in Port Lavaca.

Commissioners from Texas Parks and Wildlife will deliberate the proposed closure next month.

Jessica Dutton, an associate professor in the Department of Biology at Texas State University in San Marcos, is conducting the research with graduate students. The team is studying mercury levels in trout, blue crabs, red and black drum and other species, both inside and outside of the Alcoa Superfund site.

"I think people like Buster inspired the creation of the foundation," Janet Weaver said. "The guys who have spent their life on the bay and know the bay intimately, there aren't too many of them left."

The cleanup of Cox Creek, estimated to cost around $29 million, will take two years to complete.

Formosa Plastics Corp. described how it tries to curb pollution in Lavaca Bay.

Efforts to widen and deepen the channel will be on hold until next year.

Victoria received over 7.5 inches of rain this month. On average, Victoria receives just over 3 inches of rain in August.

From a financial perspective, welcoming a large refinery to Bloomington may benefit residents. Around 75% of households earn less than $50,000 a year, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.