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As the weather gets warmer, wildflowers are starting to bloom in North Texas. There are several trails and gardens around ...

As the weather gets warmer, wildflowers are starting to bloom in North Texas. There are several trails and gardens around ...

Get your feeders ready, hummingbirds are back in Ohio after migrating from Mexico and Central America. Here's where they have ...

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

If passed into law, Senate Bill 36 would make Texas’ immigration enforcement efforts a permanent part of the state’s criminal ...

Texas Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, authored a resolution to make the cannon the official state gun of Texas. On April 10, ...

ENNIS, Texas — After a long winter, the official “bluebonnet city of Texas” throws a hero’s welcome for the state flower.

However, the proposed law authored by Sen. Charles Perry (R-Lubbock), would also classify several native plants and ...

More than 30 international students attending the University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University in Denton have had ...