COLLEGE STATION — Clearcut forestland may appear devastated just after harvest, but looks are deceiving, according to an ecological study of an East Texas hardwood forest. Virtually all of the soil, water, amphibians, reptiles, small mammals and revegetation process on clearcut land were unharmed or enhanced within two years of the harvest. “It is like…
DALLAS — Reports of ladybugs gathering in large masses on buildings and in attics is very good news for gardeners fighting aphids, say Texas A&M entomologists in both Dallas and College Station. “This newly-arrived species, Harmonia axyridis, is a friendly insect that feeds on aphids in roses, crape myrtles and other ornamentals, as well as…
Contact: Dale Rollins, (915) 653-4576SAN ANGELO– More than one million deer hunters are expected in Texas this fall and winter. Many will head for the Texas Hill Country where deer may not provide their only wildlife encounter. Fox rabies cases have been cropping up across much of the state’s prime deer hunting area. Tom Green…
SAN ANGELO — Rabies cases in animals are spreading at a surprising rate this year in South and West Central Texas, and state officials are warning hunters in particular to be alert for unusual animal behavior in the wild. The fall hunting seasons are expected to send more than one million hunters into the Texas…
COLLEGE STATION — Enjoying a forest’s fall colors may seem like a simple pleasure, but knowing why they are so pleasurable and how to keep them that way is another matter. Yet, it’s a matter of no little importance in the United States, where forest managers must balance the needs of recreational users with timber…
COLLEGE STATION — Approaching the brink of extinction, the Attwater’s prairie chicken is celebrating life with the hatching of 22 chicks at Texas A&M University. The chicks are among the first to be successfully hatched in captivity, according to Dr. Nova Silvy, upland game management researcher at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, a unit of…
COLLEGE STATION — Earth Day will mean birth day for about 10 Attwater’s prairie chicken, one of the most endangered species in the world. The chicks are expected to begin pecking out of their shells late Friday, according to Dr. Nova Silvy, upland game management researcher at Texas A&M University and leader of the federal…
COLLEGE STATION — A lack of moisture so far in Texas this winter may have put a damper on Africanized honey bee activities despite overall mild winter temperatures. Inspectors with the Texas Apiary Inspection Service have been coming up dry in trap checks throughout the state all winter. And the state Honey Bee Identification Lab…
CORPUS CHRISTI — Robert Vega’s career as a marine biologist along the Gulf of Mexico has been coasting. With a family, a job and no access to advanced education in his field, Vega’s hopes for a doctoral degree were an ocean away. But a new agreement between the Corpus Christi and College Station campuses of…
COLLEGE STATION — They look like perfectly formed factory Christmas trees stuck in dirt. But the only thing artificial about these living tannenbaums is the way life began — as clones rather than seedlings. The first of several hundred cloned Virginia pines growing in Texas soil are ready this year to deck the halls in…
