We rounded a corner of scrubby brush, and six dots -- four tan and two purple -- were running at an improbable distance across the far edge of the coastal savanna. "Nilgai!" exclaimed Jim Easterling.

The nilgai, an Asian antelope, is thriving in Texas. Effective wildlife management practices have helped ensure their numbers remain in check, preventing overpopulation and subsequent ecological ...

“What animal looks like the combination of a horse and a cow with the beard of a turkey and short devil’s horns?” This description from Elizabeth Cary Mungall’s, Exotic Animal Field Guide remains my ...

Cool afternoon shadows were spreading across the South Texas sendero when movement in the far edge of brush spun my attention. I raised the binoculars and focused on the unlikely bulk of a nilgai ...

BROWNSVILLE - South Texas ranchers brought nilgai antelope from a California zoo decades ago, when it became fashionable to stock their sprawling acreage with exotic quarry. These days the species ...