Tarantulas Are Crawling Across Texas and Looking for Love
Compelled by an irresistible urge, male spiders emerge from their burrows every summer to wander over hillsides, roads, and lawns, seeking mates.
Compelled by an irresistible urge, male spiders emerge from their burrows every summer to wander over hillsides, roads, and lawns, seeking mates.
By Asher Elbein
The jewel-toned bug may have been found just in time to save it, said Rice University biologist Scott Egan.
By Asher Elbein
That’s why farmers and ranchers consider it a friend.
By Asher Elbein
The newly renovated Texas Science and Natural History Museum (formerly the Texas Memorial Museum) opens September 23.
By Asher Elbein
West Texas is home to some of the world's most spectacular fossils, from the gentle moose camel to the fearsome tusked swamp beast.
By Asher Elbein
Ghostly axolotls float, sausage-fat skinks dive, and snakes slither in thoughtfully designed, naturalistic habitats at the new Johnson City zoo.
By Asher Elbein
In a dark corner of Natural Bridge Caverns, near San Antonio, wildcat bones lay undisturbed for thousands of years. Scientists are just beginning to unlock their mysteries.
By Asher Elbein
These humble creatures don’t have the star power of ocelots and whooping cranes, but they’re just as crucial to their ecosystems.
By Asher Elbein
Fewer than twenty red wolves remain in the wild. At Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose, biologists are trying to change that.
By Asher Elbein
One of the rarest birds in North America is making a comeback.
By Asher Elbein
In the ’90s, Texans lost their minds—and their shirts—investing in ostriches and emus. But some think the industry could take flight again.
By Asher Elbein
With help from the McDonald Observatory in West Texas, we share seven beginner stargazing tips.
By Asher Elbein
The world’s most endangered sea turtle has made an impressive comeback, attracting thousands of visitors to North Padre Island, but now advocates say it may be at risk again.
By Asher Elbein
Working together with the Navajo Nation—the first discoverers of dilophosaurus—UT paleontologists are revising our understanding of the “best-known worst-known” dinosaur.
By Asher Elbein