• Growing Up in the Lone Star State

    Fort Worth Public Library - Southwest Regional 4001 Library Ln, Fort Worth, TX, United States

    Gaylon Finklea Hecker and Marianne Odom began interviewing famous native Texans in 1981 to find out what, if anything, about growing up on Texas soil gave them the courage to... Read more »

  • Bringing Back a Texas icon: A Conservation Story about the Texas Horned Lizard from the Fort Worth Zoo

    Fort Worth Library 500 W. Third St., Fort Worth, TX, United States

    As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of TCU, it seems appropriate to recognize the real-life comeback story of our beloved mascot, the horned frog. The Fort Worth Zoo (FWZ) is working with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to evaluate the methods used to reintroduce captive-hatched Texas horned lizards into formerly occupied habitats of North Texas. ... Read more »