The Rio Grande is a natural marvel and one of North America’s five longest rivers. Stretching approximately 1,990 miles along the Texas-Mexico border, it serves as a vital lifeline for millions. Yet ...

A panel critiqued Laredo's plan for border wall construction, highlighting threats to the Rio Grande's habitat and advocating ...

Community groups in Laredo like RGISC are using hikes, storytelling and art to raise awareness of borderland ecology and ...

South Texas businessman Ricardo Rubiano. BROWNSVILLE, Texas – In an interview with the Rio Grande Guardian back in August 2022, economic development leader Nathan Burkhart coined the phrase “South ...

The four students were involved in minor criminal cases that have been resolved, which they argue shouldn’t be used to ...

Smugglers charged a man and his daughter $5,000 to cross the Rio Grande on a jet ski last week. The man — a Mexican citizen who had lived in McAllen for more than ...

hopes to further restore the once sprawling Tamaulipan thornforest in the Rio Grande Valley. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The Tamaulipan thornforest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of ...

Within a year, he’d counted 150 species flitting through the trees that circled his family’s home in Harlingen, Texas. The town sits in the Rio Grande Valley, at the convergence of the Central ...

Reyna Grande (Kresge ’99, creative writing, film and video) A Dream Called Home is a sequel to Reyna Grande's bestselling memoir The Distance Between Us Kirkus Reviews is an influential literary ...

Texas Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham wrote to President Donald Trump Monday, requesting that the U.S. Border Patrol to help take control of three islands in the Rio Grande River.