#TEXAS

[catfindr]

[humanoidhistory]

Taking the kids to see Alien in Fort Worth, Texas, May 1979.

[mysharona1987]

[i-am-aprl]

University of Texas at Austin students standing their ground against the state troopers sent by Governor Greg Abbott to suppress the campus protests

[burstfoot]

Sometimes I see fanart of Texas and Lappland fighting and I'm like 'wow I didn't know OP was a yuri artist!' and then I remember that Texas and Lappland fighting isn't universally understood as romantic

[scodeeyodee]

Rodeo Houston Pack CC

Deco Astrodome

Deco NRG Stadium (3 Swatches)

Deco Carnival Stand (5 Swatches)

Deco Ticket Booth

Functional Carnival Build (Jasmine Raditz)

Download: Patreon

[typhlonectes]

New findings suggest more ocelots in Texas than previously thought

Approximately 100 ocelots have been documented in South Texas. 

The results of a recent DNA test on an ocelot found dead three years ago in Hidalgo County suggests there may be more of the endangered wildcats in Texas than previously thought. Scientists studying samples collected from a male ocelot that had been killed after being hit by a car along Highway 281 in 2021, determined the feline was not only related to breeding populations in deep South Texas but also shared the same DNA as ocelots found in northeast Mexico.

It's the first time that an ocelot has been found outside of its known range in the U.S., according to Tom DeMaar, former Gladys Porter Zoo veterinarian. "It makes you wonder; how many more ocelots are hidden out there?" DeMaar, who is also a member of the board of directors for Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, said in a statement. Approximately 100 ocelots have been documented in South Texas between Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge in Cameron County and private lands in Willacy County, according to Defenders of Wildlife, a U.S. conservation organization.  "The results suggest that this cat possibly occupies a region of South Texas not yet known to ocelot researchers," said Sharon Wilcox, senior Texas representative for Defenders of Wildlife, in a statement. "Hidalgo County may have more ocelots present in its more remote sections where appropriate habitat and access to prey exists." ...

Read more: https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/texas-ocelots-dna-test-19416448.php

[a-lex210]

[catfindr]

[humanoidhistory]

Sugarland Mall, Texas, undated.

(Deaf Smith County Library)

[mysharona1987]

[klemannlee]

Yellow Warbler

[i-am-aprl]

In case you missed it between 2019 and today!

[thelostcanyon]

Texas Rainbow Cactus (Echinocereus dasyacanthus), Big Bend National Park, Texas.