Wildlife officials counted a record 128 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests this summer on Texas beaches. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Officials from Texas Child Protective Services, escorted by state troopers, took 52 girls, ages 6 months to 17 years, from the remote retreat on Friday afternoon. picked by indisguise 2 years ago

Meteorite hunters from the University of North Texas (UNT) have scooped up what may be two pieces of the object that lit up the skies over Austin on Sunday. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Sex toys are now legal in Texas, after a 1970s law banning the sale of "obscene devices" was overturned in court. picked by tigertony 2 years ago

The large and congested metropolitan area of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas is also home to one of the most important sites for dinosaur fossils in the country. Paleontologists have descended to the fossil site and recently made a major discovery of a nearly 100 million year old crocodile skull with two and a half inch long teeth. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

ankle? Not if you live in Texas.

In the newest way to increase revenue, texas orthopedics (bone doctors) have sued to prevent podiatrists (foot doctors) from treating any aliments above the heel. And they won, the ankle no longer exists in texas. picked by badbud 1 year ago

Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Texas State Board of Education review committee is preparing to vote on a draft of proposed standards for history textbooks. Noting that the draft has “nothing about liberals,” The first draft says students should be expected “to identify significant conservative advocacy organizations and individuals, such as Newt Gingrich, Phyllis Schlafly and the Moral Majority.” [... read full post picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Hurricane Ike has made landfall on the Gulf coast of Texas, where it is expected to cause "potentially catastrophic" flooding and damage. picked by spocksmyhomeboy 1 year ago

Mack Stark figures cattle raisers can appreciate the name of his west central Texas ranch and makes no apologies for the words in big black letters on the steel arch over the dirt and gravel driveway. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

This was the amazing scene at a Texas airport today after a plane trying to land ended up touching down on top of another plane waiting to take-off. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Texas police responding to a store's burglar alarm found a less-than-hardened criminal inside: He was 4, and playing with the toys. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Something crazy is spreading across Texas, and it may be so destructive that one day it will make Texans actually miss the hated fire ant. picked by IcePigs 2 months ago

Grace Saenz-Lopez was forced to quit her job as Mayor of Alice, Texas, for keeping her neighbor’s dog, but insists it was a rescue.

*Pic unrelated. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

A new law in Texas will make many people who were wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit instant millionaires picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

Texas students will have four more words to remember when they head back to class this month and begin reciting the state's pledge of allegiance. picked by ReBoot 2 years ago

The headquarters state of America's oil industry spewed 670 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in 2003, enough that Texas would rank seventh in the world if it were its own country, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The Christian right is making a fresh push to force religion onto the school curriculum in Texas with the state's education board about to consider recommendations that children be taught that there would be no United States if it had not been for God. picked by Doggylives 4 months ago

A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it. ''Thomas said he pulled out his eye and subsequently ingested it," agency spokesman Jason Clark said Friday. picked by ftfd09 11 months ago

Repeat sex offenders сould be sentenced to death in Texas after the bill named Jessica's Law was approved this week by Texas House of Representatives. picked by Maxriter 3 years ago