The slow waters snaking through East Texas to the Gulf have been called the soul of Houston. Their story touches on much of what makes the Bayou City unique.

Back in the mists of time, I loved a bit of festive bar hopping. The jingle of tills in jam-packed hostelries felt like the soundtrack of ...

B26 sits in a river-mouth archipelago leading into Ontario’s Georgian Bay. It’s remote enough to take an hour by motorboat to reach in the best of weather. Wild, woolly and mostly bare Canadian Shield ...

Happy Mystery Monday! Can you guess what is pictured in photo #1? The answer to last week’s mystery is the American five-lined skink, Plestiodon fasciatus, pictured in photo #2. The American ...

Highway in the Kings Crossing Shopping Center, you can get a glimpse of the future Fairchild Park. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 7, conveyed two adjoining properties to the county ...

This lizard is highly variable in color and pattern, depending on the age and sex of an individual. Juveniles are black, with five distinct yellowish stripes and a bright blue tail. Females usually ...

The skink was found on Mt. Ailao in April 2025 at an elevation of 8,000, researchers said. C.C. Liao Biodiverstiy Data Journal At the sunny edge of a forest on Ailao Mountain in southern China, four ...

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“We might be playing all our cards now, but we need to go all in,” New Zealand Department of Conservation ranger supervisor Gemma Hunt said. Photo by Casey Horner via Unsplash New Zealand wildlife ...

There are lots and lots of birds and lizards on the property where my wife, Wendy, and I live high above the Big Piney River near Houston. As is the case all over this region, the bird species are ...

This gardener's dirt-digging revealed a surprise and welcomed guest to their natural lawn. In a Reddit post on r/Lizards, the gardener shared a "cute patootie" Tennessee skink living its best life in ...