Night Sights Nature Tours

02/02/2026

01/21/2026

01/21/2026

For the record, N. Padre is the area of the beach near Park Rd 22 in the Corpus Christi city limits. (30 minutes or so from Port Aransas). South Padre Island is a city by Brownsville, Tx. and about 3 hours away from the Corpus area.
Padre Island National Seashore is the area down Park Road 22 outside of Corpus and about a 40 minute drive from Port Aransas that includes Malaquite Beach.
Port Aransas is located on Mustang Island and North Padre is on what is also referred to as Padre Island.
Little Shell/Big Shell is an area further down the beach past Malaquite that is recommended four wheel drive only and extends a large area before the Port Mansfield Cut.
I hope this helps because it is confusing.

01/12/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EadjHqhhV/

01/08/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DZPt7HUcR/

01/04/2026

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/01/national-park-service-sea-turtle-expert-says-she-was-forced-resign-texas-coordinator-sea

Dr. Donna Shaver, one of the world's and National Park Service's preeminent sea turtle experts, says she was forced to resign her position as Texas Coordinator of the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network.

12/29/2025

Texas indigenous groups fight to save coastal settlement site

Flanked by a chemical plant and an oil rig construction yard, the site on Corpus Christi Bay may be the last of its kind on this stretch of coastline, now occupied by petrochemical facilities.

12/28/2025

12/25/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Mp44QiqbW/

Thank you to H-E-B and its many Texas-loving customers who have turned everyday purchases into everlasting change for our wild things and wild places.

Through the Field & Future by H-E-B line of clean and green products, H-E-B has amplified multiple TPWF efforts across the state, from helping to conserve over 7,100 acres of pristine barrier habitat along Matagorda Peninsula, to supporting ongoing research into the natural return of black bears to West Texas, to the creation of Palo Pinto Mountains State Park in North Texas.

And their support doesn’t stop there thanks to their landmark sponsorship of the 100 Years of Texas State Parks Celebration in 2023, which inspired countless more Texans to engage with nature and explore our state parks. And as the presenting sponsor of TPWF’s new Pollinators & Prairies program, H-E-B is helping to increase healthy prairie habitat and pollinator populations, encouraging Texans to plant native grasses and wildflowers, and funding critical pollinator research.

It’s all part of H-E-B’s Our Texas, Our Future commitment to conserving the state we all call home.