Texas wildlife

Texas Monthly reporter Jack Herrera traveled all 1,900 miles of the river to learn more.

A program run out of the San Antonio Zoo is trying to make horned lizards as common as they used to be.

The spray can be used for prevention but not for treatment of wounds affected by the New World screwworm.

The competition was held at several Texas State Parks.

Bats love to munch on insects like stink bugs and moths. Some farmers are now relying on the mammals for pest control – and ditching chemicals.

Both birds make their way to Texas as part of a winter migration, but only one of the species is endangered.

The New World screwworm could pose major problems for animals like white-tailed deer.

The bird dwells west of Lubbock, and in the tip of the Panhandle, north of Amarillo.

The proposal would have let landowners donate land to the refuge.

The Lesser Prairie-Chicken Landowner Alliance aims to earn money while preserving habitat for the endangered bird.