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Is Texas' most famous endangered bird finally making a comeback?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (430+ words) A new survey estimated 540 whooping cranes wintered on the Texas coast during the 2025-2026 season. Whooping cranes are showing up in places Texans don't normally expect to see them. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported Wednesday that an estimated 540 whooping cranes…...
Nature: Cormorants in California
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (27+ words) We leave you this Sunday with a colony of cormorants and friends putting on a show near Santa Cruz, California. Videographer: Lance Milbrand. Nature: Cormorants in California...
Meet Dino, the flukeless dolphin that was found beating the odds in Galveston Bay
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (397+ words) Researchers saw the dolphin swimming without its flukes, or tail fins, in 2022. There have been only four other similarly documented cases around the world. While on a routine observation boat survey in September 2022, researchers with the Galveston Bay Dolphin Research…...
Dino the tailless dolphin is Texas' newest accidental mascot
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (532+ words) Despite Dino's lack of tail flukes, Galveston Bay Foundation's Vanessa Mintzer said she believes the dolphin gets around by "swimming more like a fish than a dolphin." One afternoon in September 2022, researchers from the the Galveston Bay Foundation's Dolphin Research…...
1 million Houston toad eggs released in Central Texas to help the native species make a comeback
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (420+ words) The Houston toad’s natural habitat has shrunk to the point that it no longer includes the species’ namesake, with the toad last seen in the Houston area in the early 1970s. Provided/US Fish and Wildlife Service More than 1 million Houston…...
Saving the Houston toads: More than a million eggs being released at three different locations
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (319+ words) HOUSTON — More than one million endangered Houston toad eggs were released at Bastrop State Park as part of a renewed recovery effort led by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), working with the Houston Zoo, Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy…...
What it looks like when the Houston Zoo gives a 13-foot anaconda a CT scan
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (182+ words) HOUSTON — The Houston Zoo is elevating animal health care for its senior animals. It's doing that with a brand new CT scanner. One of the first patients to use it -- a 21-year-old green anaconda named... What it looks like when…...
Colombia has nearly 2,000 types of birds. Discover some of the species birders flock there to see.
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (601+ words) May 3, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News Colombia, with its varied geography, has about 2,000 species of birds — more than any other country in the world. All those species of birds have become an important part of a growing ecotourism industry. It brings…...
Mountain lion cub with missing toes rescued after being discovered alone in California
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (56+ words) A mountain lion cub missing some toes was found alone in the Santa Monica Mountains at just three weeks old. Crimson is now being cared for at the Oakland Zoo, and has clawed his way into people's hearts. Itay Hod…...
Rare jellyfish that can have 70-foot tentacles wash up on Texas beach
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (304+ words) September 24, 2025 / 12:32 PM EDT / CBS News Multiple massive, rare jellyfish washed up on the Texas coast recently, surprising some beachgoers and feasting on a smaller jellyfish species. Jace Tunnell, the director of community engagement at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Harte…...