Asher Elbein

Asher Elbein is a freelance journalist and fiction writer based in Austin.

Field Notes from Santa Ana

A visit to the crown jewel of the national wildlife refuge system, now under threat from Trump's wall, reveals a harsh landscape teeming with life.

Whether you need love or money, safety or security, Santa Muerte is open for business—and business is booming.

There's a war on feral hogs in Texas, and the hogs are winning.

An afternoon with the king of birding in Texas, Victor Emanuel. His new memoir, "One More Warbler," hits shelves this week.

Texas chupacabras have a way of leaving behind bodies — or perhaps, bodies in Texas have a way of becoming chupacabras.

A new atlas of Texas ecology reveals how thoroughly humans have woven ourselves into the geography of the state, for good and for ill.

An epic drought has scientists racing to predict the future of Big Bend's unique sky islands.

Can bats survive in a human-engineered world?

With its display of mangled carcasses, is Gatorfest really the best way to honor the reptile?

Wildlife habitats: surprisingly close to home.