Texans haven't forgotten about the deadly freeze of 2021 - and neither have the birds. The winter storm of 2021 led to the deaths of at least 246 Texans, as temperatures plummeted and the power grid ...

Thousands of birds, including beloved purple martins, died in "The Great Texas Freeze" of 2021. A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution led by biologists at the University of Massachusetts ...

Thousands of purple martins died during the Great Texas Freeze of February 2021, and a peer-reviewed study now shows the toll was far worse than casual observers realized. Researchers found the ...

The findings come from a new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution. Researchers say the losses could take years, and possibly decades, for the species to fully recover from. The winter storm ...

A well-beloved backyard bird in our region is the Purple Martin. This large, darkly colored sparrow is a commonly seen visitor in parks, yards, and waterways, especially when there is a Purple Martin ...