On the sun-kissed shores of Aransas Bay, Rockport, with a population of 11,400, is a Gulf Coast treasure known for its small-town warmth and natural beauty. It happens to be one of the most affordable ...

After almost going extinct in the 1940s, whooping cranes are now making their comeback on the coast of Texas ...

An investigation is underway after a body was found in a South Texas harbor, according to the Rockport Police Department.

WOOD RIVER — Felipe Chavez-Ramirez, executive director of the Platte River Whooping Crane Trust, has become one of five American members of the International Whooping Crane Recovery Team.

With whooping cough cases on the rise in Texas and nationally, doctors are urging people to stay up-to-date on the vaccine that protects against the disease, also known as pertussis.

Also known as whooping cough, pertussis is surging across Texas and the nation. Already in 2025 Texas’ cases of pertussis are outpacing last year’s count.

Texas saw three times as many whooping cough cases in 2024 than the year prior, according to Texas Department of Health and Human Services.

Jeff Getz's regular trip to see the massive migration of sandhill cranes in Nebraska, which resulted in seeing whooping cranes, leads the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

The International Crane Foundation’s Texas Program is dedicated to protecting the Aransas-Wood Buffalo Population of Whooping Cranes, the last naturally occurring population of Whooping Cranes.

Endangered female whooping crane seen without flock in southeast Texas has turned up with new mate in Louisiana, experts say.

Endangered female whooping crane seen without flock in southeast Texas has turned up with new mate in Louisiana, experts say.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Like so many others, the Northern transplant flew to Florida for warmer temperatures, landed in Osceola County and stayed over 20 years. Now he’s moved on. This particular ...