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Kirk Winemiller, Ph.D., standing against a black backdrop with his arms folded.
January 30, 2026

Kirk Winemiller retires after 34 years of scientific, teaching impact

Texas A&M aquatic ecology researcher leaves legacy of discovery, leadership and student mentorship

A hand with a gold ring on it adjusting tech equipment in the outdoors.
January 26, 2026

Ecoinformatics lets student explore science in nature

Texas A&M doctoral student Justinn Jones uses tech and data to reveal nature's hidden patterns

Two men in a field observing sorghum shoots
January 15, 2026

Texas producers invited to conservation incentive program webinar Jan. 29

Texas Conservation and Sustainability Initiative offers $42 million to producers for crop, livestock and forestry conservation practices

A person in a plaid shirt looks through binoculars in a wooded area.
December 1, 2025

Listening to nature, one bird call at a time

Texas A&M’s Carmen Reisdorf ’27 built a citizen science project linking AI, ecology and global volunteers

Ten individuals give a thumbs up in front of a banner reading "Texas Section Society for Range Management."
November 14, 2025

Research, impacts recognized by the Texas Section Society for Range Management

Texas A&M AgriLife faculty, staff, students receive top awards at statewide meeting

Yellow bird standing on tree limb
November 5, 2025

Backyard bird habitats focus of Nov. 19-20 virtual seminar 

AgriLife Extension event will provide design strategies for attracting birds to home landscapes 

a group of 22 people standing next to a stone wall
October 10, 2025

Texas A&M Forest Service kicks off sixth annual Leadership Institute

Program’s goal is to expand natural resource professionals network across Texas

Binayak Mohanty - a man in glasses and a dark suit
October 7, 2025

American Geophysical Union selects Texas A&M’s Binayak Mohanty as Fellow

Regents Professor recognized for advancing the study of soil moisture and hydrological processes

Texas A&M AgriLife in white against a maroon background
October 3, 2025

New Texas A&M faculty hired to advance ecological science

Strategic hires bolster research and teaching in Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology

A man uses a drip torch to conduct a prescribed burn.
September 26, 2025

Prescribed burn workshop set for Oct. 10 in Gatesville

Hands-on event to introduce landowners to the benefits, principles of prescribed fire

Two white-tailed deer bucks stand at a tree line.
September 16, 2025

AgriLife Extension publishes wildlife-focused New World screwworm resource

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service released a new fact sheet, “Wildlife Monitoring and Management for New World Screwworm,” to help Texans protect wildlife from the threat of this potentially devastating parasite.

Xu Zhang, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology.
September 16, 2025

Xu Zhang to develop environmental monitoring biosensors

Xu Zhang, Ph.D., has joined the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology as an assistant professor and began her new role on Aug. 1. Zhang’s expertise spans synthetic biology, electrochemistry and materials science to engineer microbe-based biotechnologies for environmental protection.

Students open up a drawer filled with preserved skunks in the Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections.
September 11, 2025

Texas A&M expands scientific access to biodiversity data

The Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology is helping lead a national effort to transform how scientists access and use biodiversity data by digitizing tens of thousands of mammal specimens from its Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections.

The view down a busy city street with cars and people.
September 2, 2025

Texas A&M AgriLife guides solutions where wild and urban lands meet

From wildfire resilience to wildlife management, experts tackle Texas’ growing ‘wildland-urban interface’

A bowhunter walks down a path surrounded by trees.
August 26, 2025

Rains, mild temperatures set the stage for strong fall hunting outlook

Texas Crop and Weather Report - Aug. 26, 2025

reclaimed land at a mining operation
August 21, 2025

Restoring mined lands through research and training

Texas A&M AgriLife supports surface mining reclamation with science-backed expertise and collaborations

Bees on a honeycomb.
August 18, 2025

Record honey bee losses prompt AgriLife Extension webinar

Statewide honey bee specialist hosts free webinar Aug. 29 to discuss pollinator health and potential solutions

A group of people point at collections of leaves.
August 4, 2025

Texas Master Naturalist meeting scheduled Oct. 16-19 in College Station

Registration open for event full of seminars, advanced training for statewide master naturalists

A herd of Holstein cows
July 14, 2025

Manure management issues conference Sept. 16-17 in Fort Worth

Brings together producers, technical advisers, researchers and agency professionals

A woman opens a gate to a field on a farm.
July 11, 2025

Generation Next: Our Turn to Ranch online course now registering

12-week AgriLife Extension agriculture business and land management course begins Aug. 25