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May 7, 2025
Featured Article, Photo-essay

Business Park Bobcats

DATELINE – April 2025 As counter intuitive as it may seem, it turns out that Dallas/Fort Worth area business parks–and other, similar urban developments–can be […]

February 16, 2024
Wildlife Behavior

Slow and Unaware

North Texas is home to a whole host of interesting and engaging mammalian species. In Dallas/Fort Worth a number of these animals have adapted exceptionally […]

November 15, 2022
Wildlife Rehab

Rehabbing Baby Bobcats

Our friend—and wildlife rehabber—Kari Waddle has been at it again. The last time we checked in with Kari, she had invited us along for the […]

January 16, 2022
Featured Article

This Place in the Woods – Autumn into Winter

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third article in a three-part series about Dallas/Fort Worth urban wildlife found in the feral and untamed corners of the metroplex. […]

August 30, 2020
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This Place in the Woods – Spring, Summer, and Fall

Dateline – Spring, Summer, Fall 2019 – Denton County EDITOR’s NOTE: This is a followup to an earlier article… This Place in the Woods – […]

August 2, 2020
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The River Otter Latrine

Dateline – Late Spring 2020 – Carrollton, Texas There’s something very satisfying about encountering a wildlife phenomenon in person for the first time. This River […]

June 6, 2020
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The Packrat Takeover

DATELINE – May 30, 2020 – Princeton, Texas I’ve just recently become interested in the Eastern Woodrat—a type of pack rat found in North Texas […]

December 20, 2019
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Up from the River

Dateline – Summer 2019 – Dallas County I stumbled across this hard-packed and well-traveled small game trail on the banks of the Trinity River deep […]

October 27, 2019
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They Got ’em in the Grasslands!

There’s a big mammalian predator said to roam the North Texas countryside. But this elusive killer is a ghost. Only the most fleeting of glimpses […]

August 25, 2019
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A Whole Lotta Otters

North American River Otters in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex It may be something of a surprise to learn that we have a population of North […]

March 20, 2016
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The Elm Fork of the Trinity River – Surging through Lewisville

We are still dealing with the side effects of last spring’s heavy rain and flooding. Until just recently the spillway at Lewisville Lake has been […]

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North Central Texas Wildlife

Would you like to share your own Dallas/Fort Worth area urban wildlife observations? We recommend joining the North Central Texas Wildlife Facebook Group. Fun and spontaneous, there are lot's of wonderful wildlife observations and excellent photographs posted to this group everyday. I know the other members would love to see what you have to contribute as well!

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DFW Metropolitan Area
June 23, 2025, 2:04 am
Clear sky
SSE
Clear sky
79°F
2 mph
Apparent: 85°F
Pressure: 1016 mb
Humidity: 73%
Winds: 2 mph SSE
Windgusts: 7 mph
Sunrise: 6:20 am
Sunset: 8:38 pm
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June 23, 2025
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Cloudy
SSE
Overcast
94°F
Winds: 4 mph SSE
Windgusts: 7 mph
 

Share Your Interest

North Central Texas Wildlife

Would you like to share your own Dallas/Fort Worth area urban wildlife observations? We recommend joining the North Central Texas Wildlife Facebook Group. Fun and spontaneous, there are lot's of wonderful wildlife observations and excellent photographs posted to this group everyday. I know the other members would love to see what you have to contribute as well!

Click here to give them a visit!

Local Forcast

DFW Metropolitan Area
June 23, 2025, 2:04 am
Clear sky
SSE
Clear sky
79°F
2 mph
Apparent: 85°F
Pressure: 1016 mb
Humidity: 73%
Winds: 2 mph SSE
Windgusts: 7 mph
Sunrise: 6:20 am
Sunset: 8:38 pm
© 2025 Powered by Open-Meteo
Forecast
June 23, 2025
Day
Cloudy
SSE
Overcast
94°F
Winds: 4 mph SSE
Windgusts: 7 mph
 
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