It has been said often and repeatedly that things are bigger in Texas, and when it comes to biological diversity, that saying is undeniably true. Due to its sheer size and therefore many ecoregions, ...

Like the now-dry pond named after it near the San Pedro River, the green kingfisher, once a popular attraction for birdwatchers there, is not doing well in Southern Arizona. Our region is one of only ...

The uncommon green kingfisher usually can be seen in Texas only in the Lower Rio Grande Valley or the Hill Country. But Houston-area bird lovers might now need to go only as far as Jesse H. Jones Park ...

One morning, as I am walking down the hill toward the marshy area on my road listening to the wonderful, behind-the-scenes chorus of the resident warblers — chestnut-sided, redstart, yellow, ...