Dark Skies & Rare Insects: A West Texas Preserve Becomes a Hotbed for Research

TNC's Davis Mountains Preserve is an international dark sky reserve, but it's also a hotspot for ecological research, from rare insects to bats.

Jenny Rogers and Stephen Alvarez

Can Listening to Oyster Reefs Help Us Assess Their Health?

University of Texas PhD candidate Philip Souza is using acoustic monitoring to eavesdrop on oyster reefs.

Jenny Rogers

A Tailgate for the Sun

Join writer Jenny Rogers as she watches the solar eclipse from a remnant patch of blackland prairie in Texas.

Jenny Rogers

Mad Island: Fire Restores Prairie on the Texas Gulf Coast

To restore the prairie, you have to burn it.

Matthew L. Miller

A Brighter Future for Attwater’s Prairie Chickens

On the ranchlands of the Texas coastal plain, a partnership is working to protect one of the rarest birds in North America.

Matthew L. Miller

Operation Ponderosa: Saving a Forest, Pandemic Edition

An inspiring solo adventure to help save Texas’s ponderosa pines.

Matthew L. Miller