On June 29, Gracie the Giraffe returned to her South Texas ranch after a 17-day walkabout and attendant media sensation. ...

More than 100,000 exotic mammals roam Texas — from nilgai to axis deer — and officials say the counts complicate disease ...

Texas has some of the most lax exotic animal ownership laws in the country. Texas bans the ownership of lions, tigers, jaguars, cougars, leopards, and cheetahs, following enactment of the federal Big ...

LEAKEY - Cedar Hollow has forested hills, spring-fed ponds and no predators - everything a sambar, Pere David's or barasingha deer could possibly want. The giraffes can't escape the valley because the ...

Asher Elbein is a freelance journalist and fiction writer based in Austin. This story originally featured on the Texas Observer. When the rain began, the antelope and deer of the Y.O. Ranch ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved changes to regulations regarding harmful or potentially harmful fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants along with associated fee rules. The changes, ...

You can hunt—or just gawk at—rare critters on dozens of game ranches across Texas. Here are a few of the best. From the Big Bend to East Texas, the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley, Texas ranches ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Attorneys for a Texas exotic-animal dealer have accused an employee of ...