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 […]
Wise County Creek Bed
A Year on the Creek On a roughly annual basis I will venture out to the further reaches of the metroplex in pursuit of a […]
Camouflage and Coloration in North Texas Mammals
North Texas Mammals come in a variety of different colors. For some species their coloration is meant as camouflage, for others it is intended to […]
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 […]
Urban Wildlife After Dark
The people of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex are fortunate to share our city with a wide variety of urban wildlife. We have here in the […]
Skulls and Other Bones
They say that death is a natural part of life. Nowhere is that more evident than when you are out exploring in the great outdoors. […]
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. […]
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 […]
The Backwoods Slough
Dateline – Winter 2020 – Denton, County Camera trapping in North Texas is always an enjoyable pursuit—especially when you have an interest in learning more […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]