The largest of those, the Chihuahuan Desert, covers more than 250,000 square miles, including the western quadrant of Texas.

A new species of sunflower, Ovicula biradiata, has been identified in Big Bend National Park, Texas. This discovery, made by ...

Though I roamed the mountains of this region, often with my late father ... dangerously dehydrated but recover quickly when ...

The desert mule deer is a common sight in the Trans-Pecos region of west Texas, but when wildlife biologists conducted surveys recently, they came across an extremely uncommon sight. In fact ...

Torrential storms have unleashed catastrophic flooding across South Texas, dumping more than half of a year's worth of rain onto the Rio Grande Valley within the span of 48 hours, according to ...

While walking in Big Bend National Park in Texas' Chihuahuan Desert, a park volunteer came across a fuzzy flower that turned out to be a never-before-seen species. The "woolly devil," as ...

The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of execution for David Leonard Wood, who has always denied being the so-called "Desert Killer" and reiterated his innocence in a recent ...

The creative oasis of Marfa is no secret, but there’s plenty more to do in the Texas desert. And the best way to experience it is with a road trip through the heart of the region. Here's how to ...