A Deadly Virus Was Killing Elephants, So Texas Scientists Created a Vaccine
Tess, a forty-year-old elephant at the Houston Zoo, just received the first dose.
Kristen Steenbeeke joined the staff as an assistant editor at Texas Monthly in early 2023. She has previously copyedited for novels, nonfiction books, journals, and political campaigns. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she has had her poetry published by more than twenty journals. She spent some time growing up in Sugar Land, Texas, and now lives in Austin.
Tess, a forty-year-old elephant at the Houston Zoo, just received the first dose.
‘Texas, Being: A State of Poems’ has something for everyone.
The Dallas-born star of the shows ‘Supernatural’ and ‘The Boys’ has a rabid online fandom. Why? “He’s a very positive person,” my mom says. “He looks at life with the cup half full. Kind of like your dad.”
Move over, teacup pigs—there’s a new teensy squealer on the market.
Thirteen black-footed cats have been born at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, in Glen Rose. The felines weigh barely four pounds, but watch out: they’re killers.
At nearly fifty years old, the feminist bookstore remains a safe haven for those seeking a place to process the world.
It’s named for frontier naturalist Gabriel Marnoch, who led a life of crime while discovering new species.
Mmmmm, tastes like red.