Nature & Animals
Connemara Meadow Nature Preserve
Connemara Meadow Nature Preserve Allen, Texas Connemara Meadow Nature Preserve is a 72 acre meadow retreat of wildflowers and butterflies hidden in a bustling …
Dallas World Aquarium
At the Dallas World Aquarium, visitors are immersed into a tropical rainforest with open aviaries and a waterfall, walk through a glass tunnel surrounded by sharks, watch penguins dive and swim, and view brightly colored fish, free flying birds, and rainforest frogs. Get up-close to animals from all over the world, and learn about conservation for endangered species.
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
The Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge is home to thousands of migratory birds, wildlife and plants that are native to the area in North Central Texas. The refuge is over 12,000 acres, and provides habitat as migratory birds stop on their long-distance travel and provides winter habitat for other birds.
Austin Bats
Austin residents and visitors flock to see the largest urban bat population fly from under Congress Avenue Bridge. Over 1.5 million Mexican Free-Tailed Bats have made the bridge their home, and leave every evening for dinner in a spectacular show from mid-March through August.
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
The Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge is 3,621 acres, making it one of the largest city-owned nature centers in the United States. It consists of prairie, woodland, wetlands and the Trinity River that allows for hiking and canoeing and guided or self-guided tours.
Oak Point Park & Nature Preserve
Oak Point Park & Nature Preserve is an 800 acre park in suburban Plano with hiking and biking trails, a pond for kayaking and canoeing, horseback trails, and ropes course. This preserve is blackland prairie, woodland forest, hiking trails and a wide boardwalk that is an easy walk for all ages and all abilities.
