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Pets of the Week
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (30+ words) Published 2:28 pm Monday, February 16, 2026 Dorothy H. O'Connor Pet Adoption Center Victoria County Animal Services Calhoun County Humane Society Do you feel safe in your neighborhood?...
Texas Zoo to host annual "Eat the Ex" event for Valentine's Day
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (439+ words) Published 6:30 am Saturday, February 14, 2026 Freshly single on Valentine's Day? No contact with your ex? Looking for a way to get back at your ex, just for your own personal gain? The Texas Zoo at Riverside Park has you covered, as…...
EarthTalk - The $3.7 Billion Blind Spot: Why Saving Bats Is a Matter of Economics and Ecology
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (136+ words) Published 4:00 am Monday, February 2, 2026 By Special to the Victoria Advocate for EarthTalk by Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss Dear EarthTalk: How are bat species doing these days?" " Gregg Visconti, Butte, MT In addition to anthropogenic risk factors, bats are affected by…...
Updated: Pets of the week
2+ week, 5+ day ago (32+ words) Published 9:00 am Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Dorothy H. O'Connor Pet Adoption Center Victoria County Animal Services Calhoun County Humane Society Do you read the headlines before the full story?...
Ranchers, wildlife managers monitor for screwworm
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (442+ words) Published 5:15 am Monday, January 26, 2026 Wait and watch. That is about all ranchers, wildlife managers and hunters can do right now as flies producing maggots called the New World Screwworm inch their way toward the Texas border. A major issue for…...
Pet Talk: Ruff days or cat-astrophies? How to help pets handle stressful situations
4+ week, 10+ hour ago (892+ words) Published 6:00 am Monday, January 19, 2026 By Special to the Victoria Advocate Pet Talk is a service of the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University." Just like with people, when pets experience chronic stress it can raise cortisol…...
Nature Notes: Is that a crow?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (295+ words) Published 6:00 am Sunday, January 4, 2026 By Special to the Victoria Advocate by Martin Hagne All black, often noisy, and gregarious, all those blackbirds." Some seem smaller, some more brownish, and some are rather large." To most folks, that may be all…...
Nature Notes: No Such Thing As A Seagull
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (167+ words) Published 6:00 am Sunday, December 21, 2025 You'll never hear a seasoned birder using the term "seagull." I, myself, have used the treasonous term more than once around a group of birders and been quickly corrected; "There's no such thing as a seagull!...
Dates for deer breeding vary across Texas
2+ mon, 5+ hour ago (366+ words) Published 5:15 am Tuesday, December 16, 2025 When deer hunters and wildlife professionals refer to "the RUT," they mean the time when white-tailed deer are breeding." It's a time when buck deer become less concerned about safety and are more motivated by finding…...
Beachcombing Report: Lugworms and their egg masses
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (478+ words) If you've ever wandered across a quiet Texas bay at low tide and noticed little spirals of mud dotting the surface, you've seen the calling card of one of our most important " yet least noticed " ... Beachcombing Report: Lugworms and their…...