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Pride Takes Flight at our New York and Connecticut Centers

Last month, as rainbow flags waved from apartment balconies, store windows, and parade floats, a different type of Pride parade was taking place elsewhere. With binoculars in hand, birders across the country set out down winding, tree-lined trails to celebrate Pride—the birdy way.  

Since 2018, the National Audubon Society has celebrated Pride Month with “Let's Go Birding Together” bird walks at Audubon Centers across the country. When Jason St. Sauver from the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Cent...

Police respond to great goat escape in Arlington

ARLINGTON, Texas – You’ve goat to be kidding me!

Arlington police officers found themselves hoofing it through neighborhood streets Tuesday morning as they worked to corral a herd of escaped goats near the Crystal Canyon Natural Area.

Officers responded to the call around 7:30 a.m. when the herd was seen wandering in a neighborhood near Brown Boulevard and Winding Hollow Lane. A section of Brown Boulevard was closed temporarily while the team worked to return the goats to their enclosure.
Sara Ross

🔔 AUDIO 🔔 River Legacy naturalist opens the door to the next generation of nature lovers

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ever since he was a kid, Jorge Garcia thought he wanted to be a doctor. But now, as an adult, you won’t find him in a hospital or clinic. Instead, Garcia spends his workdays surrounded by scaly, furry and hard-shelled coworkers.

Garcia is a naturalist at River Legacy Park and Nature Center, where he leads nature education programs for groups of all ages and helps care for River Legacy’s wildlife ambassadors, including rats Alfredo and Linguini, Buttons the opossum and a three
Sara Ross

Second annual Breast Cancer Awareness Health Fair paints the town pink

ARLINGTON, Texas — Arlington residents and healthcare organizations gathered at the Bob Duncan Center on Oct. 13 for the second annual Breast Cancer Awareness Health Fair.

The fair, hosted by City Council District 3 Rep. Nikkie Hunter, offered free mammograms, well-woman exams, flu shots and prostate screenings on-site.

The event also gave residents a chance to connect with local hospitals and public health groups that were distributing information about a wide variety of topics like diabetes,