Black bears were once an essential predator in east Texas, keeping deer and hogs in check. Efforts are brewing to bring them back to their habitat.
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Meredith Nudo / Contributing writer
Meredith Nudo is a Houston-based writer, comedian, and voice actor with bylines in Houstonia, Chron.com, Houston Press, Texas Signal, and San Francisco Chronicle.
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Behind the scenes with some of the Houston rodeo’s smallest competitors: the guinea pigs
At the rodeo’s Youth Cavy Show, children gathered to see which of the guinea pigs that they had lovingly raised would beat out the (tiny) competition.
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Go Texan Day is Friday. Here’s what you need to know about the Houston celebration
Go Texan Day is marking 70 years. But do you know about the history of the local tradition, and, for new Houstonians, what do you need to do?