My boys have a love-hate relationship with the snow ☃️

Went to my first sea turtle release today! 🐢 The @seaturtlecenter.bsky.social released around 40 recently cold-stunned green sea turtles to the Gulf of Mexico ahead of the incoming cold snap. 📸by me, my story here: www.chron.com/life/wildlif...

Is this a new feature on Google? Bc it’s a gamechanger

Wrote for about how the resourceful monk parakeet found its way to Houston. So cute, and so loud: www.chron.com/life/wildlif...

One of my latest for @chron-com.bsky.social: Balls of clay are washing up on Texas beaches. They look cool, oftentimes embedded with seashells, but they might be problematic for local wildlife.

Strange shell-studded balls are appearing on Texas beaches (chron.com)

Did anyone else spot these weird holes in the sky over Houston on Wednesday? They're commonly known as hole punch clouds. Here is why they appeared:

'Aliens?' Weird holes open up in clouds over Houston (chron.com)

Flamingos are STILL in Texas after getting blown into the area in back in September. Could they be here to stay?

Flamingos are still in Texas 2 months after Hurricane Idalia (chron.com)

Took a deep dive into itasha, a Japanese car trend that's hitting Houston streets. My story for @chron-com.bsky.social : What is itasha? Japanese anime car trend growing in Houston (chron.com)

Five flamingos were spotted in Texas after getting swept into the area by Hurricane Idalia. But are they here to stay?

Texas birders see flamingos blown in by Hurricane Idalia (chron.com)

Did you miss the Blue Moon last night? Here's what it looked like from Texas.

📷: Thomas B. Shea

What the last super Blue Moon until 2037 looked like in Texas (chron.com)

There may be an upside to all this heat after all! Severe drought conditions in Texas have helped unearth new, massive dinosaur tracks in the state. Texas drought unearths 110-million-year-old dinosaur tracks (chron.com)

This stringy material that resembles algae is actually an animal. Here's what it is and why it's likely showing up on Texas beaches now: www.chron.com/life/wildlif...

Some boaters had an up-close encounter with a whale shark, the largest species of any fish, near Port Aransas, Texas on Sunday. They are considered endangered. https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/texas-whale-fish-18295436.php

Have you heard of the legendary Box Man? https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/box-man-texas-gulf-coast-18272528.php?mibextid=S66gvF&fbclid=IwAR0V0AVOQ9fILcVOJqi9MZp2ycIWFrkiWN2aWSMtW6F-pr881R6tqU4d64I_aem_AXHXd4XwlFfaOnypnkD07_TGGFcGDIXaABQIlvrO8-6q9zsik_DfeeUgk3HkGJk3cac

Another day, another unintended Barbie promo.

A man in Cleburne, TX found an extremely rare pink katydid in his front yard. It's been estimated that only one in 500 of these insects have this genetic mutation.
Texas man finds stunning and rare pink katydid in front yard (chron.com)

Only 50 rice whales are believed to still exist in the Gulf of Mexico. One was just spotted by two fishermen near Galveston on Monday. 
I spoke to them about the once-in-a-lifetime encounter for @chron-com.bsky.social https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/texas-whale-galveston-18261908.php

This fish is the stuff of nightmares. Spoke to a Texas woman who reeled in a odd-looking fish at a beach near Freeport over the weekens. Turns out this species like to hide in the sand before swallowing its prey whole. https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/texas-woman-ugly-fish-18259424.php

Did you know dolphins sometimes turn pink? Today I spoke to an expert from NOAA about why a dolphin was spotted with a pink belly in Texas this week. https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/pink-dolphins-texas-18210536.php