An upper-level ridge is moving from northeast Texas into southeastern states, causing the whole region to bake most of this week.

A decade ago, a federal task force announced a plan to help monarch butterflies along their great migration. The six-state effort along Interstate 35 didn’t take off as expected, but some roadsides are blooming anyway.

Hot weather has subsided very little for San Antonio so far this September.

The recent Nepal catastrophic high-altitude glacier collapse triggered massive flash floods resulting in over a thousand deaths and thousands more missing. Many scientists attribute the tragedy to global warming and warn it could be the "tip of the iceberg" of things to come due to climate change.

The tiny pteropods can look and feel like fiberglass for beachgoers who find them poking into their skin.

Texas Monthly reporter Jack Herrera traveled all 1,900 miles of the river to learn more.

Data center development has picked up in the Austin area, and residents have voiced concerns about water and energy resources related to the construction. But experts say they can use those concerns to get the companies to build more sustainably.

Though CenterPoint is reporting few outages, Entergy, which services the region from The Woodlands to Beaumont, reported more than 60,000 customers were without power as of Tuesday night.

City, county and state officials are preparing for what forecasters expect will be a tropical storm making landfall in southeast Texas. Though the worst of the storm is expected to be east of Houston, flooding could pose an issue.

As of 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, 145 CPS Energy customers remained without power, with full restoration expected by Tuesday night. Three resilience hubs remain open, and brush-disposal fees are waived through Sept. 7.