It is not uncommon for people to think of rabbits and their kin as kinds of rodents, similar to rats, mice, and the like. But, […]
Hatchling Alligators at the Fort Worth Nature Center
DATLELINE – Summer 2024 There are a number of mysteries surrounding American Alligators living in and around Dallas/Fort Worth that have yet to be unraveled. […]
Dallas/Fort Worth Alligator Tracker
Are there Alligators in the Dallas/Forth Worth Metroplex? LAST UPDATED: January 28, 2025 The question about whether there are Alligators in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex […]
Coyotes and Armadillos
Dateline – Summer 2022 – North Denton County Earlier in the summer I began to explore in—what for me was—a new area of the urban […]
Bald Eagle Over Lewisville
Dateline – November 15, 2021 – Lewisville, Texas There’s nothing especially unusual about a Bald Eagle in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It’s been well established—for […]
Box Turtle Territory
Dateline – July 27, 2021 – Farmers Branch, Texas I like to tell the story of Texas box turtles when ever I get a chance. […]
Bobcat Central
Dateline – Winter and Spring 2021 – Lewisville, Texas It quickly became apparent that this was a real Bobcat hotspot shortly after I setup my […]
An Urban Otter’s Unfortunate End
I’ve been studying urban wildlife here in the metroplex for just over fifteen years now. Over that time I have had many encounters that I […]
Lemmon Lake Lives… and Dies
Dateline – May 2020 – Dallas, County Two years ago I ventured out to the Joppa Preserve in the Great Trinity Forest to take stock […]
Shared Observations
One of the primary missions of this web site is to document the unique and unusual as it relates to wildlife living here in the […]
Two Coyotes and a Dog
Dateline – February 12, 2017, Dallas, Texas I’ve already posted about this encounter on our Facebook group, but I wanted to include the story here […]
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 […]