FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS, Texas — Two big rams bolted from the steel trailer, took a few hesitant steps and glanced around nervously at their new home: dramatic mountains in west Texas more than 200 ...

In Texas, the alligator snapping turtle is a threatened species, which means they face high risk of extinction and are ...

Texas for Mountain Lions, a conservation group founded in 2021, said their 2022 petition, which collected 2,356 signatures and called for studying and protecting the animals, kick started ...

This year there have been 71 mountain lion sightings. The highest number reported in a single year was 122 in 2016, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. According to the website ...

The plan would not only cover remote ranch land, but also areas where the population of Texas is booming and housing developments moving ever closer to where mountain lions make their home.

In most other U.S. states, hunting mountain lions is closely monitored — there’s a specific hunting season and only a certain number of animals can be taken each year. Texas has not limited ...