Better Outside

Author: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Are you ready to go outside? Take a trip to the wild places of Texas and learn a thing or two about conservation while youre at it. In each episode of Better Outside, Hosts Morgan OHanlon and David Yoskowitz bring you out into the field to meet the people who are working to make improve Texas' natural environment.
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Cactus Sniffing in the Desert
Episode 3
Wednesday, 8 July, 2026

Maybe you’ve heard of search and rescue dogs like Frida, the Labrador Retriever who saved a dozen people after the catastrophic Mexico City earthquake in 2017. But, as it turns out, dogs aren’t just good at sniffing out people. Their powerful noses are being used to aid conservation. In this episode, I meet Fenton, a dog being trained to sniff out endangered cacti in Big Bend Ranch State Park.