Texas buys land for new state parks that will be developed using $1 billion voter-approved fund

The fund opens a new era of public land acquisition and park development for Texas, which ranks 35th nationally in state park acreage per capita.

by Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune, with graphics by Edison Wu July 28, 2025August 28, 2025

The fund opens a new era of public land acquisition and park development for Texas, which ranks 35th nationally in state park acreage per capita.

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Jaguar Watch: What ‘finishing the wall’ means for borderland cats

Last week, the Trump Administration approved the first contract of its second term for new border barriers. Wildlife biologists and Indigenous rights organizers fear what comes next.

by Wendee Nicole, Deceleration March 29, 2025June 24, 2025

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Republican Texas lawmaker introduces bill to eliminate state’s Parks and Wildlife Department

House Bill 4938 would kill off the agency that oversees state parks and issues hunting and fishing licenses.

by Stephanie Koithan March 18, 2025March 31, 2025

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Kids can get up close to western wildlife at San Antonio’s Briscoe Museum

At the free event, children will match animals to their tracks and learn about their role in the ecosystem.

by Travis E. Poling January 17, 2025July 21, 2025

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Texas takes its first steps to protect its mountain lions

While many other states limit hunting of the apex predator, Texas is only now introducing rules to ban canned hunts and require reguar checking of traps.

by Jakob Maurer The Texas Tribune graphics by Elijah Nicholson-Messmer August 31, 2024October 29, 2024

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San Antonio’s The Twig Book Shop to hold series pairing books with wildlife encounters

The first event, held in partnership with conservation group Once in a Wild, will take place Tuesday.

by Caroline Wolff July 20, 2024December 16, 2024

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Texas exotic hunts are dangerously unregulated

Some hunting ranches in Texas routinely offer hunts of endangered or threatened exotic species. This should not be allowed.

by Amber Gobell, The Texas Observer April 26, 2024June 3, 2025

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Briscoe Western Art Museum sends off ‘A Life in the Wild’ exhibit with free festival on Jan. 21

Families are invited to come meet wildlife and participate in fun activities at the Wild West Wildlife Festival.

by Christianna Davies January 4, 2023March 27, 2025

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Briscoe Museum showcases photos by Thomas D. Mangelsen in retrospective exhibition

Mangelsen’s photos of landscapes and wildlife scenes include animals such as the American bison, grizzly bear, kestrel and mountain lion.

by Ashley Allen September 27, 2022July 23, 2025

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Federal inspectors cite San Antonio Aquarium for keeping animals in hot, potentially unsafe conditions

PETA is urging the facility to shift to animal-free entertainment and relocate its wildlife to other facilities.

by Michael Karlis August 26, 2022August 4, 2025

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Joan Jett rips SeaWorld breeding program on behalf of PETA at parks’ annual shareholder meeting

Jett is expected to ask SeaWorld, which has operated a San Antonio park since 1988, to end its breeding of dolphins and beluga whales.

by Alex Galbraith, Orlando Weekly June 13, 2022June 5, 2025

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San Antonio Zoo to host an after-hours Pride party on Friday, June 17

The 2nd annual Night Out at the Zoo will be emceed by drag performers Kendoll and Kristi Waters.

by Caroline Wolff June 3, 2022July 25, 2025

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‘Drive-thru zoo’ experience returning to the San Antonio Zoo this summer

The popular tours, launched during the pandemic, will make a return June 6-9 and June 13-16.

by Michael Karlis May 20, 2022July 4, 2025

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City of San Antonio apologizes for denial that plan to cut trees at Brackenridge was to move birds

“I want to validate what you said about the birds,” an assistant city manager said. “We wrote [the project description] ourselves. It was our mistake. But we have to own it.”

by Sanford Nowlin April 28, 2022December 30, 2024

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Texas buys land for new state parks that will be developed using $1 billion voter-approved fund

Jaguar Watch: What ‘finishing the wall’ means for borderland cats

Republican Texas lawmaker introduces bill to eliminate state’s Parks and Wildlife Department

Kids can get up close to western wildlife at San Antonio’s Briscoe Museum

Texas takes its first steps to protect its mountain lions

San Antonio’s The Twig Book Shop to hold series pairing books with wildlife encounters

Texas exotic hunts are dangerously unregulated

Briscoe Western Art Museum sends off ‘A Life in the Wild’ exhibit with free festival on Jan. 21

Briscoe Museum showcases photos by Thomas D. Mangelsen in retrospective exhibition

Federal inspectors cite San Antonio Aquarium for keeping animals in hot, potentially unsafe conditions

Joan Jett rips SeaWorld breeding program on behalf of PETA at parks’ annual shareholder meeting

San Antonio Zoo to host an after-hours Pride party on Friday, June 17

‘Drive-thru zoo’ experience returning to the San Antonio Zoo this summer

City of San Antonio apologizes for denial that plan to cut trees at Brackenridge was to move birds

Briscoe Western Art Museum’s Night of Artists exhibition and auction returns in person for 2022

Natural Novelist: Jeff VanderMeer’s weird fiction is grounded in a love of Earth’s ecology

Wildlife viewing blinds at Phil Hardberger Park combine public art with appreciation of nature

Texas Parks and Wildlife wants citizen observers to help it study bat fatalities from winter storm

Bihl Haus hosts virtual talk on environmental impact of border wall construction this weekend

Aransas Pass Police Officers Interrupt Alligator’s Late Night Whataburger Run