A popular state park in the Texas Panhandle that's known for its roaming bison population is getting a major expansion after recent land acquisitions by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD).

In Caprock Canyons State Park in Texas, you can watch bison roam the plains. You can hike, mountain bike, and ride horses across 90 miles of trails that criss-cross the red-rock canyons. And you can ...

Since 2016, the American bison has served diligently as the official national mammal of the United States, despite their near-extinction more than a century ago. Today, even excluding the famous herds ...

QUITAQUE, Texas (KFDA) - Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway is now one of five Texas state parks designated as an International Dark Sky Park. The International Dark Sky Park Association gives ...

AMARILLO — South Dakota is considered the “bison capital” of the U.S. and home to more bison than any other state, but local wildlife lovers do not have to travel nearly that far to take an up-close ...

Editor’s note: Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, is the editor of Caprock Chronicles. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. Today's article is by June Steele a frequent contributor to the ...

Join a team of researchers as they traverse the Davis Mountains in search of owls. Ride along over natural bridges and through tunnels on the mountain biking trails at Caprock Canyons State Park. See ...

Caprock Canyon State Park, on the outskirts of Quitaque in the Panhandle, displays nature's most vivid colors. The dark greens of the mountain junipers contrast starkly with the red sandstone walls.

A Texas state park is warning visitors that its bison are particularly aggressive with mating season underway. In a recent Facebook post, Caprock Canyons State Park reminded parkgoers of the dangers ...

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