The Rio Grande marks the boundary between the United States (to the right) and Mexico (to the left).(Joe Raedle / Getty Images) An active-duty U.S. soldier died Saturday at Big Bend National Park ...

With more than 800,000 acres of serrated mountains and parched desert, the park can be inhospitable to all but a few hardscrabble species. Only about 350,000 people visit Big Bend annually, mainly ...

Take a river journey on the Rio Grande through Big Bend National Park in West Texas. You’ll see the US-Mexico border in a new, wild light.

At 300,000 acres, this is not only the largest state park in Texas, but also among the least-visited, despite being right ...

Big Bend National Park explains why portions of the Rio Grande River are low By Priscilla Aguirre, Senior Trending Reporter Updated April 23, 2022 8:02 a.m.

Books & the Arts / Richard Parker’s love letter to El Paso, The Crossing, argues that the Texas city can illustrate the best ...

Get River Guide To the Rio Grande: Colorado Canyon through Santa Elena Canyon from the Big Bend Natural History Association (432-477-2236, www.bigbendbookstore.org) for the best mile-by-mile maps ...

This “wild and scenic” section of the famous Rio Grande is a 196-mile stretch of the river that travels east from the Mexican border into Texas and winds through some of the more remote vistas in the ...

Published: September 29, 2020, 12:44 PM Updated: September 29, 2020, 1:17 PM ...

A worker walks by buoys that were placed in the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas, July 13, 2023. The state of Texas Wednesday seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, a well known staging ...

The Rio Grande’s disappearing wetlands were part of a national trend. A 1990 report to Congress found that by the 1980s only 104 million acres of wetlands remained in the lower 48 states.