Ahead of the Sunday showdown, England fans were anxious about coming to Mexico. What they encountered was a soccer lover's paradise inhabited by kindred spirits.

On June 29, Gracie the Giraffe returned to her South Texas ranch after a 17-day walkabout and attendant media sensation. Prior to that, in May — 600 miles to the northeast — Bingus the Kangaroo was ...

At least 35 lakes across Texas are infested with zebra mussels, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cattle serve as the backdrop for a roundtable discussion on?the New World Screwworm at the Texas A&M Beef Center in College ...

Texas is home to over 100 snake species, with four main groups of venomous snakes. The four venomous groups are rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, and coral snakes. Venomous snakes can be ...

A flesh-eating parasite’s return to the U.S. after nearly 60 years is putting veterinarians and animal health officials on alert. Known as the New World screwworm, the pest can infect dogs, cats, ...

It has been a decade since the city of Sugar Land discovered the need for a new animal shelter, and it's been about four years since multiple shelter employees were fired for unauthorized ...

REAL COUNTY, Texas — Now that the search for Gracie, the missing giraffe that took over the internet, has ended, many people are left with questions on where she came from and how she got lost in the ...

A New World screwworm outbreak, the first in the U.S. since 1966, has grown to 29 cases. The parasitic fly's larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, including livestock, pets, and ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed 32 New World screwworm infestations, including 31 in Texas and one in New Mexico, as federal and state officials continue working to contain the ...