This year’s short legislative session came to a close Thursday after lawmakers approved a supplemental operating budget.

Blue dragons, beautiful but dangerous sea slugs, are washing up on Texas beaches, posing a serious sting threat to unwary beachgoers.

A massive adult female Kemp’s ridley sea turtle washed ashore near Beach Pocket Park #3 in Galveston on March 7, triggering an urgent rescue effort along the Texas Gulf Coast. The turtle — the world’s ...