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Fly over Texas in new aerial photo exhibit at Bullock Museum
If you've ever wanted to get a bird's eye view of the sprawling state of Texas, check out the new aerial photography exhibit by Jay B. Sauceda. "Texas From Above" opens Jan. 26 at the Bullock Texas State History Museum at 1800 Congress Avenue in downtown Austin....

Virus causes tumors in endangered sea turtles along Texas coast
Inside the hospital at Sea Turtle Inc. on Sunday, Dr. Kristi Hill and an assistant crouched over a foot-long Kemp's Ridley sea turtle named Thunder, carefully removing bits of tumors that have popped up near its flippers. Many of the sea turtles that come into the...

Austin paddler aims for Northwest Passage
I wrote this short article about Austin paddler West Hansen for Expedition News. Hansen is heading to the Arctic this summer, and I'm going along as an embedded journalist. Stay tuned... By Pam LeBlanc Special correspondent, Expedition News Austin paddler West...

What’s it like to climb a frozen waterfall? I’m going to Colorado to find out
Next up? Ice climbing. I'm heading to Telluride, Colorado, tomorrow for a few days of adventuring. At the top of the agenda? Ice climbing. I'll also be snowmobiling and fat biking, but I've done both of those things. I've never scaled an icy waterfall wearing crampons...