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Texas is a state built on independence, industry, and expansion. It was its own republic before joining the U.S. in 1845 and ...

The Tarrant Regional Water District’s new recreation master plan comes after the district cut events like Panther Island Ice ...

Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country’s only unique wolf species. Today, it’s motorists. That fact was ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two rare black wolves, likely siblings, were spotted on camera crossing a stream in a Polish forest, a ...

In late December, the Federal Highway Administration awarded the first grants under a new $125 million Wildlife Crossings Pilot ... once roamed from central Texas to southern Iowa and as far ...

One way to reduce these deaths is to install wildlife crossings — underpasses (and sometimes overpasses) that animals can use to reach new territories without dodging ever-increasing Florida ...

Wildlife crossings have surged around the world in ... Canis rufus, often called “America’s wolf,” once roamed from central Texas to southern Iowa and as far east as Long Island, New York.