The bluebonnet has been the state’s flower since 1901, beating out the cotton boll and the cactus, according to Texas A&M archives. After so many years, what makes the beloved flower so unique?

AUSTIN, Texas — Every spring, Texas becomes an ocean of blue as bluebonnets bloom across state highways, in prairies and through open fields. While many people like to stop and take photos of ...

Bluebonnets grow in the wild all over Texas, but the state seeds bluebonnets along highways ... Star Telegram Bluebonnets are in bloom as a bee happily hopped from bloom to bloom gathering pollen.

The scientific world is abuzz following the discovery of a new bee species in Texas and Oklahoma ... assistant professor at Washington State University and lead author of the study.