Padre Island National Seashore News

Necropsy results from dead coyote have confirmed that canine animals are highly susceptible to Karelia brevis, the neurotoxin related to red tide, found in decaying fish.

I'll start with the most urgent. It seems that something on Padre Island National Seashore is killing coyotes and pet dogs.

There has been oil drilling at Padre Island National Seashore since at least the 1970s.

During the past week, several coyotes and one dog have died and authorities are investigating the cause, seashore superintendent, Joe Escoto, said in a prepared statement.

Sandhill cranes head to Padre Island National Seashore for their winter break. Photo by Tom Bentley, Fermilab, DOE.

The toxic algae is being blamed for thousands of dead fish that washed up along Padre Island National Seashore Tuesday morning, as many as 1,000 fish in a 15-yard stretch, officials said.

For status updates on red tide, go to tpwd.state.tx.us/hab. Red tide that has killed fish in South Padre Island and Padre Island National Seashore is moving northward and has been found as far north as Port Aransas.

Padre Island usually offers great fishing and other beach activities, but a red tide situation is putting a temporary damper on the fun.

Thousands of dead fish have been observed off South Padre Island during red tide monitoring.

There is an outbreak of red tide at Padre Island National Seashore and park officials have put out an advisory Tuesday to warn visitors about the algae bloom.

Beachgoers and anglers on the National Seashore retreated from the irritating aerosol produced by high concentrations of red tide, which causes respiratory symptoms such as coughing, eye and throat irritation.

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Park rangers Amanda Garza and Chelsea Aldrich show off just-hatched Kemp's ridley turtles at the Padre Island National Seashore.

By ANNA M. TINSLEY Texas' Padre Island National Seashore - one of the world's longest remaining stretches of undeveloped barrier island - could someday end up underwater.That concern helped land the seashore Thursday on a list of 25 national parks deemed most at risk from climate change.Other factors include storms and floods that are ...

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Corpus Christi Windsurfing Association is sponsoring Discover Windsurfing Day on Saturday Sept.

Toby swims at his new home at Theater of the Sea in Islamorada in the Florida Keys.

The agreement followed a five-hour hearing in bankruptcy court involving more than a dozen lawyers, at which company chairman Paul Black's control of the company was at stake.

In anticipation of the tar drifting north, clean-up teams will be sent to Port Aransas, Mustang Island and Bob Hall Pier on Wednesday, officials said.