Texas A&M University

Projects

What’s a yellow rail, you ask? They are about the size of robin, but skinnier and with short tails; they are stealthy and shy (except when they’re not – read on); they are streaked with dull yellow and dark brown, dappled with white flecks, like water-splashed old grass and the sedge that it...

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Mar 25, 2024

Migratory Species

Brown and black spotted lizard in grassy area.

West Texas Lizard Will Not Be Listed Under ESA

Recent research confirms several thriving populations of the Plateau spot-tailed earless lizard across its historical range in the Edwards Plateau region of Central and West Texas.

Press Release

Feb 5, 2024

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle basks in the beach sun

Sea Turtle Nesting Season Begins on the Texas Coast

With sea turtle nesting season beginning along the Texas coast in early April, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is urging everyone using Texas beaches to do their part to help detect and protect threatened and endangered sea turtles on the beach.

Press Release

Apr 27, 2023

Aubry Buzek

Imperiled Central Texas Mussels Bring Conservation Focus to the San Saba River

A team of researchers from Texas A&M AgriLife Research and The Nature Conservancy are working on a project funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Ecological Services and Science Applications programs to study how the extreme low and high flows that plague Texas rivers impact populations...

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Jul 9, 2021

Climate Change

Partner Category

Academic Institutions

We frequently partner with academia to further the conservation of and research into the stewardship of many species.

Texas A&M University

Other Partners

Here are just a few of our National Partners. You can view the full list of FWS partners, along with the regions and areas of focus our work together entails.