After the Civil War, Galveston became the point through which many European immigrants entered the American Southwest. So it was only natural that...

Hurricane Ike washed away Texas breeding grounds of world's most endangered sea turtleHurricane Ike may have dealt a blow to the world's most endangered sea turtle.The storm erased nesting areas for Kemp's Ridley turtles by washing away dunes ...

A month after Ike, Texas still has signs of destruction but recovery is moving forwardA month later, piles of Sheetrock, appliances, furniture and family mementos dot most streets in this island town. Electronic road signs in southeast Texas flash, "Watch for cows ...

Disappearance of birds after Hurricane Ike means silent autumn for renowned bird areaOne of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent.Blame Hurricane Ike. "The same could be said for their home and beachfront community of ...

A giant tooth was found by two paleontologists in the wreckage of a Texan home destroyed by Hurricane Ike. Dorothy Sisk, a scientist at Lamar University, had returned to her beachfront home in Caplen, on the Bolivar Peninsula, with her colleague Jim ...

Authorities laid out a plan Friday a week after Hurricane Ike began lashing the Texas coast with 110-mph winds and relentless storm surge to let about 45,000 anxious evacuees back onto Galveston Island for good.It will be another week before ...

As Hurricane Ike closed in, a cluster of holdouts stayed on an island _ with a lionMany years from now, a small group of Hurricane Ike survivors will probably still be telling the story of how, on the night the storm flattened ...

Authorities say there's a tiger roaming hurricane-swamped streets in Texas' Bolivar PeninsulaTexas authorities busy trying to clean up after Hurricane Ike have a new problem on their hands: There's a tiger loose.A county official said Tuesday that the animal ...

Rescuers find 60 people on Bolivar Peninsula, expected to have been wiped out by IkeRescuers say they've found 60 survivors on an isolated barrier island devastated by Hurricane Ike.Rescuers have tried for nearly three days to get in to find ...