Gorostiza and Texas

Tracking Salinity Sources to Texas Streams: Examples from West Texas and the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain

Upper Colorado River (West Texas) and Petronila Creek (Texas Coastal Plain) salinities exceed state regulatory standards. For a recent study, airborne conductivity surveys located points of saline influx. Hydrochemical analyses defined salinity trends and potential sources. Both streams comprise Na-Cl hydrochemical facies and are near hydrocarbon production operations. Upper Colorado River sali...

Texas and Its Measles Epidemics

Peter Hotez reflects on declining vaccination rates in Texas and the potential for future measles epidemics.

Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Celebrates Texas Country Music

Since it opened in April 2001, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum has hosted a variety of exhibits and educational events designed to promote the understanding of the Lone Star State's unique and complex history. The impressive four-story museum, located at the corner of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard in Austin, includes 34,000 square feet of exhibit space, along...

Never Beans! How Texas Chili Makes Texas Real

Disease and Coyotes in Texas

The coyote (Canrs laaans) populat~on in southern Texas has a recurring group of 3 common helminths and several pe~iphel-al species of lesser importance. Although recurrent group analyses have not been applied to other macroor m~croparasite communities, there are certain infectious agents w ~ t h igh prevalences that could form recurrent groups, and that are potentially important in t a m s of I...