• Why these people are joining -- or skipping -- the March for Science

    Why these people are joining -- or skipping -- the March for Science

    Apr 21, 2017 04:04 AM EDT

    ... they can be part of the future.” The doctoral candidate who's fighting to stress the value of research Alejandra Maldonado, a doctoral candidate at Texas A&M University’s wildlife and fisheries program, didn’t come from a long line of academics. “Both of my parents are immigrants and ...

  • Millennials 'confused, appalled' by racist fraternity video

    Millennials 'confused, appalled' by racist fraternity video

    Mar 16, 2015 09:15 PM EDT

    ... if any, young people have after such an incident. The interviews are provided by: Ryan Pavey and Mielle Pena of Austin High School in Austin, Texas; Ayeisha Priester and Wilfredo Rivera of CPBN Media Lab in Hartford, Connecticut; James Hoang, Damari Lawrence and Ja'Lenn Polar of Media Enterprise Alliance ...

  • Wildlife agencies to cancel Trump-era endangered species rules

    Wildlife agencies to cancel Trump-era endangered species rules

    Oct 26, 2021 07:25 PM EDT

    ... status than endangered. Animals potentially affected by the changes include the struggling lesser prairie chicken, a grasslands bird found in five states in the south-central U.S., and the rare dunes sagebrush lizard that lives among the oil fields of western Texas and eastern New Mexico, wildlife advocates said.

  • U.S. wildlife agency seeks to carve out areas from protections

    U.S. wildlife agency seeks to carve out areas from protections

    Sep 04, 2020 11:18 PM EDT

    ... bird found in five states in the south-central U.S., and the rare dunes sagebrush lizard that lives among the oil fields of western Texas and eastern New Mexico, wildlife advocates said. Friday's proposal and the habitat definition offered in July were triggered by a 2018 U.S ...

  • Texas oil spill threatens local businesses and wildlife

    Texas oil spill threatens local businesses and wildlife

    Mar 24, 2014 08:30 PM EDT

    ... would take at least several days to contain the oil. The recent spill of black, heavy tar-like oil is a huge blow to the wildlife and small businesses nearby. Texas City’s shores are popular bird habitats, especially with the migratory shorebird season approaching soon. It also threatens small ...

  • Biden administration waives federal laws to allow building of border wall in South Texas

    Biden administration waives federal laws to allow building of border wall in South Texas

    Oct 05, 2023 02:27 PM EDT

    McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration announced it waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration's first use of a sweeping executive power employed often during the Trump presidency. The Department of Homeland Security posted the announcement on the U ...

  • Trump to open more wildlife refuge land to hunting, fishing

    Trump to open more wildlife refuge land to hunting, fishing

    Apr 09, 2020 12:14 AM EDT

    ... in Maine and New Hampshire and Everglades Headwaters in Florida, according to a list posted online. It would also allow alligator hunting at three national wildlife refuges: Banks Lake in Georgia, Laguna Atascosa in Texas and Savannah in Georgia and South Carolina. In Arizona, hunters would be able to go ...

  • US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas

    US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas

    Dec 21, 2019 04:44 PM EDT

    ... fencing. Reaching Trump’s oft-stated goal of 500 miles (800 kilometers) by the end of 2020 will almost certainly require stepping up progress in Texas. https://youtu.be/RzWc5OVCwp0 Opponents have lobbied Congress to limit funding and prevent construction in areas like the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, an ...

  • U.S. prepares to start building more border walls in Texas

    U.S. prepares to start building more border walls in Texas

    Feb 04, 2019 11:17 PM EDT

    ... public outcry. But it didn't exempt the Lower Rio Grande Valley refuge. "Santa Ana was not a big enough refuge to sustain all the wildlife down here," said Jim Chapman, a longtime resident of the Rio Grande Valley and member of the group Friends of the Wildlife Corridor. The ...

  • Drones take flight in Alaska to survey wildlife

    Drones take flight in Alaska to survey wildlife

    May 05, 2014 09:58 PM EDT

    Alaska's drone test site, one of six U.S. research locations selected to develop guidelines for "unmanned aircraft systems," or drones, became operational Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The FAA authorized the University of Alaska in Fairbanks to conduct wildlife surveys for two years, using the small, 3 ...