The South Texas Border Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists (STBC TMN) will participate in the 32nd Annual Rio Grande Valley Home and Garden Show scheduled to take place at the McAllen Convention Center from March 31 through April 2, 2023.

STBC Leadership Team.

One night this December, I noticed two dazzling gems feeding upon the fruit of my backyard Turk’s cap. One, with its crimson head and patchwork of black, white and yellow on its abdomen, was a Turk’s cap red bug. The other, a smartly-dressed spot-sided coreid, wore nestled cream and brown triangles on its head and…

Congratulations to those receiving certifications and milestones for December, January, and February 2023.

The Texas Master Naturalist classes offer insight into what’s going on in my own backyard. For example: mutualism. Years ago I noticed carpenter bees spending time at the base of the flowers in our backyard as opposed to entering the front door, so to speak. My son who studies entomology at Texas A&M said the…

With her eyes wide open for a rattlesnake, Akeye crawled on her stomach – the sharp thorns of the low blackbrush and mesquite branches scraping across her back as she gathered mesquite screw beans and Texas ebony bean pods. The strongest Coahuiltecans had disappeared with their bows, arrows and nets before sunrise.