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Galveston lures visitors with its sandy beaches and enthralling history. Meet the man who doesn't mind the stink as he studies skunks. Join in on a perfect day of fishing with dad. Get out and wade-fish!
Battered by storms, and awash in history, Galveston's state park beckons beach lovers.
 By Melissa Gaskill
Standing where beach meets dunes at the end of a boardwalk in Galveston Island State Park, I almost see the island the way it once was — waves lapping at a broad expanse of beach, grasses rippling in the breeze over low mounds of sand, tall reeds rising behind them and, over it all, an endless baby-blue sky.
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Kayaking anglers use hands-free pedaling to reach fishing hot spots along the coast.
 By Dan Oko
“You should have been here yesterday."
These are words an anxious angler never wants to hear. To his credit, guide Mike Morales never says them to me.
But this spring when I meet Morales, who has been leading clients to fish on the Laguna Madre since 2011, and his wife, Sandra, at Bird Island Basin, he finds me caught up in a private reverie over the photos he had sent just the day before of a father-son team with huge grins and a full stringer.
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Researchers delve into the marvelous, malodorous world of Texas skunks.
 By Russell Roe
Nobody ruins a party like a skunk.
When Texas Parks and Wildlife Department mammalogist Jonah Evans came across a road-killed spotted skunk and decided to save the specimen in the freezer at work, his co-workers were less than enthusiastic.
Needless to say, there were no ice cream cakes in Evans’ immediate future.
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