The ornate confection of a house was influenced by Mexican cathedrals

By analyzing tail length and muscle power, paleontologists have explained the physics behind a mosasaur's deadly ability to lunge toward its prey.

Paleontologists have resolved a decades-old debate over turtle evolution in a new study of 210-million-year-old skull fossils.

These six animals are diverse, fierce, and independent—just like Texans

To mark 250 years of the United States’ independence, we’re celebrating the grandest, wildest, strangest bits of geography and culture all across an eclectic country.

Equipped with powerful jaws and finely serrated teeth, paleontologists say the 43-foot-long prehistoric marine reptile deserves the name Tylosaurus rex.

This spring holiday has been a flame-filled fête for more than 100 years

Seven animals you may see, hear, or smell under the stars

The beauty of Texas' status as one of the top sunflower producers in the U.S. on display

In a state that still hosts grisly “rattlesnake roundups,” human Texans should learn to see something of themselves in their ancient, slithering kin.

The remodeled adobe complex nestled in the Davis Mountains is a beloved Southwestern treasure

The $57.4 million revamp includes a new museum and a replica of the town where Texas began

As habitat loss and invasive predators decimate the Texas horned lizard population, researchers are banking on statewide fervor to bring them back.

Volunteers are crucial at the museum, founded in 1967 by environmentalist and “pack rat” Bessie Heard

Did certain small tyrannosaur fossils belong to “teen rex” or another species? New analysis of a recent fossil appears to have settled the debate.

For a long time, scientists didn’t think snakes needed each other. New research proves that wrong.

Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought—and possibly more than once

Travel through the spookier side of the state on cursed ships, in haunted hotels, and at sites of alleged paranormal activity

Scientists found the 500-million-year-old fossil of a "penis worm" in the Grand Canyon—and reconstructed how the creature would have used its strange mouth to feed.

Mirasaura grauvogeli had a featherlike crest and a tail like a monkey. “It's been a long time since I've been so blown away by a new fossil discovery.”