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McKinney’s Heard Museum touts live Texas snakes

Red and yellow kill a fellow; red and black - O.K. Jack! (I think.)

New exhibit kicks off with a (presumably) non-poisonous members-only picnic followed by snake cake walks and games.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Roundup” of dinosaur specimens at Fort Worth Museum of Science and History offers a new look at Texas’ prehistoric treasures

The exhibit, among other dino bones, will feature Texas' soon-to-be state dinosaur, the Paluxysaurus jonesi. Say it out loud. It has a nice ring to it.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Dallas Museum of Nature and Science receives $50 million gift from Perot kids

This gift pushes the Museum past its $100 million milestone.

Friday, May 30, 2008

D-FW experts of all kinds recruited for upcoming Expelled panel

So, a biologist, film professor and Creation Institute editor walk into a theater...

Monday, April 28, 2008

April showers bring Dallas events aplenty

Spring is here. The birds are singing, and so are Aretha Franklin and the Pointer Sisters.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Festivities from the fishy to the flowery for Dallas this weekend

Smell that? It just reeks of equinox.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Mammoth tooth found by Allen girl

Family proudly kept tooth on coffee table for months, presumably alongside piles of old magazines.

Friday, March 7, 2008

La Reunion hosts first annual tree carving and open house

Celebrate art and nature together.

Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008

Traveling “evangelical evolutionist” making pit stop preachings in D-FW (w/interview)

Reverend Michael Dowd has been roaming the fifty states, proclaiming his Gospel of Evolution — coming to a church near you.

Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008

SMU researcher hunts plant fossils in Ethiopia

Bonnie Jacobs: making the Oligocene scene.

Talk about your globetrotting paleontologist family...

Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008

Mountain lions in Sachse?

They've got to be kidding. (Don't they?)

Bobcats in the neighborhood are old hat, but mountain lions are something new in the backyard wildlife mix, according to residents.

Monday, Dec. 10, 2007

UPDATED: Giant spider web threatens Lake Tawakoni visitors

From the "OMG!" files.

Lair discovered; Spidey disconsolate.

Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007

Lunar eclipse (was) visible to North Texans early Tuesday morning

Early risers will see saw the eclipse at its best: between 5 and 6:30 a.m.

Monday, Aug. 27, 2007

Dallas breaks ground on Audubon facility in former landfill

City officials hope that birds have heard the saying, "If you build it, they will come."

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

UNT plant rescue draws participation from Dallas Sierra Club’s ICO program

To hell with the cheerleader: "save the prairie - save the world."

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

KERA’s THINK interviews Fort Worth Museum of Science and History President Van A. Romans

Discussing plans for new museum facility.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

UNT citizen science program monitors migrating Monarchs

Attn: Texas Master Naturalists in training

You too can plant milkweed (not to be confused with ragweed: ACHOO!)

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History announces new building plans

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History released the plans for its new building yesterday. The coolest feature: a 60-foot "urban lantern" at the entrance.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Photo gallery: Dallas World Aquarium

A look inside Dallas' very own mini rainforest/aquarium.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Small town just outside Dallas area has bees

A beekeeper in Ponder, Texas saved a hive from extermination.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Last Chance: Lone Star Dinosaurs at the Fort Worth Museum of Art

Don't worry, the dinosaurs will return in a few years.

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Lewisville named “Tree City USA,” 13th year in a row

If you were a tree in Texas, Lewisville is obviously where you'd want to live.

Monday, March 26, 2007

Hundreds of fish dying at White Rock Lake considered no big deal

Not to worry, it's just a teensy-weensy bacterial infection that killed off just under 1,000 fish. No biggie. Happens all the time. Move on, nothing to see here.

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Developer near Princeton mistakenly drains lake

Residents of fancy housing development sure do hate to see wildlife imperiled.

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007

Beetle ravaging live oaks

Fast-spreading "oak wilt" has killed a million oaks, shows no sign of stopping.

Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007

Dinosaurs survive the arctic blast

Check out the photos of life-size animatronic dinosaurs at the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary.

Friday, Jan. 26, 2007

Wildlife symposium at Magnolia Hotel

Join a Dr. Dolittle-fest of animal lovers as they learn to make nice with wildlife critters.

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007


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