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The Attwater’s prairie-chicken, a subspecies of the greater prairie-chicken, hails only from a few counties in Texas in the United States. These birds face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, and renewable energy; habitat division at the hands of roads and railroads, that […]

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The lesser prairie-chicken is a species of grouse. They can be found in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado. These birds face numerous threats such as habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, utility lines (which can result in electrocution), fires, and fire suppression; hunting; trapping; […]

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The cotton mouse derives its name due to their habit of fashioning nests from cotton. They can be found in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Their preferred habitats are hardwood forests, swamps, the outskirts of cleared fields, salt […]

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This article is devoted to one of the world’s smallest known snake species, the southwestern threadsnake. This fossorial (burrowing) snake has many alternate names as well, names like Leptotyphlopidae, leptotyphlopid, wormsnakes, blind snake, brown blind snake, California blind snake, California rena, California worm snake, Cedros island worm snake, sheep-nosed snake, […]

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Boasting the largest horns of any cattle, it’s the Texas longhorn. Longhorns are thought to have originally come from feral Mexican cattle. Later captured by Texas settlers in an effort to get assistance with farming duties. These cattle are known for their sweet disposition, however, extreme care should be taken […]

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Out of the world’s known 15 crane species, the endangered whooping crane is among the rarest. As of 2020, there were an estimated 25 new breeding pairs from 125 birds. The whooping crane is North America’s tallest bird, standing at over 5 feet tall! Even though they are associated with […]

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The Gambel’s quail is a pear shaped stout little bird found in the southwestern U.S., mainly in Arizona. Their range extends from Mexico, west to California, east to parts of Texas, and also a small portion of southern Colorado, Utah, & Nevada. They primarily live in warm deserts with thorny […]

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The western diamondback rattlesnake lives in deserts, forests, grassy plains, rocky hillsides and even along the coastline. They live at elevations from below sea level up to 6,500 feet. They can be found in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma; as well as northern Mexico. They go by several […]

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