With structures from the Pasadena petrochemical complex looming in the distance, Tim Pylate stands in a field at Armand Bayou Nature Center and imagines a different moment in history. “If you ...

No one has done anything at this site but mow for at least 30 years, and now, Gulf Coast prairie plants — more than 50 species in all — were coming up all on their own. They'd hit the jackpot.

They only live in the Gulf Coast prairies, a habitat that is now hard to find. For those who have never seen a male Attwater’s prairie chicken before, let me attempt to describe it. The bulk of ...