It's Crawfish Week at Chron! For five days, the food team will be dropping fun stories about Houston's favorite crustacean.

Louisiana's Carnival season is a period of celebration, comfort food, and community. From king cake and crawfish boils to the religious traditions that anchor Mardi Gras, chef Melissa M. Martin of the ...

Tropical Storm Helene devastated healthy populations of the eastern hellbender salamander. Because of this they may receive ...

The giant salamander species in Appalachia was already in trouble when Hurricane Helene devastated swaths of its habitat in ...

Damon Brockington of Frankford High was named football coach of the year by the Eagles. Then, the team came through with an ...

Feeding primarily on crayfish and breathing through its skin, the species is extremely sensitive to environmental degradation. And its long life cycle - hellbenders can live more than 30 years in ...

Merced’s Wastewater Treatment Plant plays a vital role in protecting the environment as well as humans as treated water and ...

A year after a visit to the Gulf Coast, a writer reflects on the kindness of strangers — and the cycle of rebirth in ... But minutes later, life as I knew it was over. Something clapped in ...