Texas Gulf Coast

Eerie Red Tide In Texas Prompts Oyster Harvesting Ban

AP | By LINDA STEWART BALL and DIANA HEIDGERD | Posted 12.26.2011

DALLAS -- An eerie algae bloom that has painted chunks of Texas' coast a reddish brown – and even a yellow-green in some places – has forc...

Texas Gulf Coast Sees Largest Algae Bloom In Over A Decade

AP | By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 12.17.2011

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas -- Historic drought conditions are fueling the largest algae bloom in more than a decade along the Texas Gulf Coast, killing...

Endangered Turtles Mysteriously Dying On Texas Gulf Coast

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 05.25.2011

HIGH ISLAND, Texas — Flies buzz everywhere and the stench is overwhelming as biologist Lyndsey Howell stops to analyze the remains of yet anothe...