Science

This weekend, Lubbock Animal Services is offering free adoptions with their Clear the Shelter event. Our Gabrielle De La Cruz reports the event aims to open up shelter space for more animals still waiting on the streets. The event will run between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the Lubbock Animal Shelter at 3323 Southeast Loop 289. A San Antonio Zoo program to help breed and release Texas Horned Lizards in the wild is showing some success, using science to unlock the secrets that will ensure a healthier future for Horned Lizards.

A program run out of the San Antonio Zoo is trying to make horned lizards as common as they used to be.

Researchers out of Texas A&M found that some storms tend to intensify around urban areas. The findings could help urban planners prepare for extreme weather events.

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science houses a newly identified species, nicknamed "the T. rex of the sea."

Fossils from giant tortoises, armadillos and other Ice Age-era species challenge previous assumptions about the region's ancient climate.

NASA's Artemis II mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Wednesday. The mission aims to send four astronauts around the moon on a roughly 10-day journey.

From launch dates to mission plans, Houston Public Media explains everything you need to know about the historic Artemis II mission.

Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics are all over the environment and even inside human bodies. Researchers have found a type of bioengineered algae that can clean up these pesky particles.

A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on itself and formed a black hole.

Until now, estimating how old a dinosaur was when it died has been a fairly simple process: Count up the growth rings in the fossilized bones. But new research into some of dinosaurs' living relatives, like crocodiles, suggests that this method may not always work.