Big Bend National Park is shutting down trails and campsites this fall-not for construction, but to clear the skies for helicopters targeting an invasive species overrunning the desert. Barbary sheep, ...
The federal government’s $4.5 billion “Smart Wall" project will add hundreds of miles of high-tech border security, including ...
Santa Elena Canyon, arguably the most spectacular natural feature in a Big Bend National Park full of wonders, owes its existence to a river that for eons has been carving a path through sheer ...
Big Bend National Park protects a chuck of the West Texas desert where the road ends at the Mexican border. The skies are as large as the horizon, and after the sun sets, the night sky glitters ...
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas — A roadrunner races down a stony path into the scrub of the Chihuahuan Desert. The creature, with its stick-thin legs and shaggy crest, exemplifies the lore of the ...
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas - A Florida man and his 14-year-old stepson died after hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park in West Texas, according to officials. The 31-year-old man had ...
This article is part of Texas Monthly’s special fiftieth-anniversary issue. Read about the other icons that have defined Texas since 1973. The park is also grappling with environmental issues that ...