Maggot flies are common along the East Coast, and west to Texas. Adult pepper maggot flies lay their eggs ... cover between ...

To start a chaste tree from seed, collect and extract the seed from mature fruit in the fall. Plant it in a container filled with well-draining soil, water it, and leave it outdoors over the winter.

When I first moved to Texas, of course I was struck by the natural beauty of the state, in all of its varied regions and topographies, from beaches to mountains to desert lands to rolling hills.

These insects and arachnids might startle you or send shivers down your spine, but there's no need to worry about these bugs—not too much, anyway.

We’ve created several data-driven stories and databases on topics including weather and climate, politics, education, sports and growth in Texas. Each story in the KXAN Data Hub is updated as ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has declared a state of emergency in response to the polar vortex, which is bringing snow, ice and freezing rain across the nation. According to a Monday statement from ...

The state of Texas experienced peak oil production in 1972. But production dwindled through to the early 2000s until January 1999 when it doubled to over 39 million barrels. For 2023, an average ...

According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Texas’ population continues to boom. The state has seen impressive population growth over the past few years and that trend appears to have continued ...

Some of the ranches for sale span great distances, all worth a pretty penny, but its a rarity that these homes come with the size and legacy of the ranches Texas is famed for. The ranches that ...

And native Texas lantana (Lantana urticoides ... of 2024 involved watching tiny mama insects controlling miniscule aphids on green milkweed plants. One was a predatory hoverfly laying eggs ...

Since warblers are mainly insect eaters it may surprise you that Austin has several warbler species that migrate here just for the winter, when insect populations decline. The most common warbler ...

It is composed of the upper chamber, the Texas State Senate, and the lower chamber, the Texas House of Representatives. Texas entered the Union in 1845. The first legislature met from February 16 to ...