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Texas has eight plant hardiness zones, ranging from the cold-hardy northwestern Panhandle to the warmer southern regions.

One Central Texas native says she knows exactly what happens ... and an array of multicolored streams and trees. And then, another level. “From there I was lifted into the real place of light ...

We have written about the importance of planting native plants, stressing the role they have in creating habitat and contributing to our own local Texas identity. In an age of decreasing bird and ...

Other species have been spotted in Texas, Oklahoma and the Southwest ... reports Choose Natives, which promotes using native ...

Texas wildflowers pepper the rolling hills around the state in various shades of white yellow, pink and purple. But there’s ...

The first Trump administration built long segments of steel wall on Arizona's border. Conservationists fear wildlife will suffer if work resumes.

A tradition unlike any other.  No, we’re not talking about the Masters. We’re talking about going to Hilton Head Island the week after the year’s first major.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the administration must “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return, and a federal judge presiding ...

Editor’s note: Beacon was created in 1913 from Matteawan and Fishkill Landing. Israel Knapp of Fishkill, who had been unable ...

Visitors check out plants native plant sale at the Compton Gardens Maintenance Office in Bentonville. Click here to see more photos from the first day of the sale. Charlie Kaijo grew up in Fresno ...

BELLS, Texas — A North Texas resident recently won a $1 million Powerball prize, the Texas lottery announced Monday. A resident of Bells, which is in Grayson County near the Texas-Oklahoma ...