The Texas Fauna Project is based on interviews with more than 200 biologists, ecologists, nature guides, wildlife managers, game wardens, hunters, veterinarians, outdoor writers, environmental lawyers and others who work to understand and conserve animals in the state. Edited excerpts from these interviews are shown here in streaming audio recordings, along with corresponding scrolling transcripts. Transcripts for the full interviews can be read here, and the complete audio recordings can be heard here.

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Alligator GarAlligator Snapping TurtleAmerican AlligatorAmerican BisonAmerican Black BearAmerican PaddlefishAoudadAtlantic Blue CrabAtlantic TarponAttwater's Prairie ChickenBald EagleBarton Springs SalamanderBlack-capped VireoBlack-tailed Prairie DogBoll WeevilBottlenose DolphinBrain CoralBrown PelicanBurroCamelCanvasback DuckCatChimney SwiftCowCoyoteDesert Bighorn SheepDogDung BeetleEastern OysterEastern Purple MartinEastern Screech OwlEskimo CurlewFeral HogGolden EagleGolden-cheeked WarblerGrass CarpGray FoxGreat-tailed GrackleGuadalupe BassHoneybeeHouse SparrowHouston ToadIvory-billed WoodpeckerJaguarundiKemp's Ridley Sea TurtleLeon Springs PupfishLesser Canada GooseLesser Snow GooseMexican Free-tailed BatMexican WolfMonarch ButterflyMonk ParakeetMottled DuckMountain LionMustangNorth American BeaverNorthern Aplomado FalconNorthern Bobwhite QuailOcelotPassenger PigeonPecos GambusiaPigPiping PloverPronghorn AntelopeRed DrumRed SnapperRed WolfRed-cockaded WoodpeckerShrimpSnowy EgretSouthern Pine Bark BeetleSouthern White RhinoSquirrelSwainson's HawkTexas Horned LizardTexas HornshellWhitetailed DeerWhooping CraneWild Turkey