GLEN ROSE, Texas—After a long journey north through Mexico’s highlands, small songbirds with bright yellow faces descend upon mature canopies of ashe juniper trees in Texas’ Hill Country. The ...

Golden Nest Pancakes & Cafe, a small Wisconsin chain with restaurants in Wauwatosa, Sun Prairie and Oshkosh, will soon add a Madison location to its lineup. The brunch spot is currently set to open in ...

Madeira, Portugal—the top choice for global golden visa applicants in 2025, but legal changes suggest it may be overtaken in 2026. It was a big year for golden visas in 2025. In Europe, Spain closed ...

When I became serious about birding in the 1990s, I wasn’t thinking about milestone birds. Then they started creeping up. The first biggie was No. 500, a Varied Thrush in Evanston. And before that, my ...

Hays County is pushing ahead with a $17 million transformation of Sentinel Peak Preserve, a former Boy Scout camp with Blanco River frontage in the Texas Hill Country, into a tightly managed public ...

Earlier this month, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved the acquisition of Silver Lake Ranch, a massive 54,000-acre property in Kinney and Edwards counties about 125 miles west of San ...

There's an old adage that goes, "Some things have to die in order for other things to live." In a general sense, it's usually talking about life and loss and the transitional period of moving on from ...

Garner State Park in Concan, Texas, has some of the state’s most beautiful fall foliage—and the sights are especially beautiful along the Frio River, which is lined with elegant cypress trees. When it ...

The state's latest parkland purchase could ease crowding at Garner State Park, one of the most visited sites in Texas. Officials with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired Bear Creek Park, ...

Less than a mile from Garner State Park, the 1,620-acre property was purchased by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) for $33.5 million and will eventually open as Bear Creek State Park.

A piece of rolling prairie land in Texas is slated to become a new state park. Texas Parks and Wildlife has purchased 1,720 acres in Hill Country, where it will build the future Bear Creek State Park, ...