ENNIS, Texas — After a long winter, the official “bluebonnet city of Texas” throws a hero’s welcome for the state flower.

After the bluebonnet, also known as the “buffalo clover,” was declared the state flower by the Texas Legislature in 1901, a ...

Austin honored Athena, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s resident Great Horned Owl, with the proclamation at a ...

For more than a decade, Athena has made her nest at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Last year, viewers watched as two of her owlets hatched and fledged.

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin has been home to a nesting pair of great horned owls for over 10 years, and ...

Athena, the resident great horned owl at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, is a mom to two owlets this 2025 season. The second owlet broke free of its shell the morning of April 11. MORE: ...

Native plants are flowers, shrubs, trees, and groundcovers that have existed in a region for thousands of years. They are ...

Although the weather has been great for bluebonnet photography, the blooms have been sparse in South Texas because of the ongoing drought.