Writing About Science, the Environment, and Nature

 One of those myths is that you can only eat oysters from September to April (months with an 'r' in them). But now that Texas allows...

Bottled water sales are way, way up, thanks in part to marketing claims that it is cleaner than tap water. But drinking from plastic poses a...

Texas has an  amazing variety and abundance of plants, from towering pines to rolling prairie grasses and desert cacti. O ne plant no one wa...

 A population of whooping cranes migrates between Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada, and the Texas coast. These highly endangered birds hav...

Ears that can stand 7 inches tall help jackrabbits dissipate heat and listen for predators like hawks and coyotes.  Hind feet that are just ...

 This piece in my series on the problems of plastic pollution for The Revelator looks at efforts to replace single-use plastics with reusab...

 Research is filling in the blanks on the incredible migrations of sea turtles around the world, making conservation efforts more effective....