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Discover precious species that call Texas home with unique hands-on activities highlighting a different endangered species each day, March 16–18. Texas Artist, Juliet Whitsett, will facilitate activities each day at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Juliet has been bringing awareness to Endangered, Threatened and Species of Greatest Conservation Need with h

5% of profits support Endangered & Threatened Species."This species is only known from a 15 square mile patch of desert in Big Bend National Park in west Texas."- Carolyn Whiting, PhD Botanist©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_artCOLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE CHISOS MOUNTAIN HEDGEHOG CACTUS:SPECIES INFO:"This species is only

5% of the profits support Endangered & Threatened Species. "The Texas troglobitic water slater is an eyeless, unpigmented groundwater crustacean living within the Edwards Balcones Fault Zone Aquifer where no light present...." -FWS©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_artPhoto credit: Hutchins et al. 2016 or Dr. Benjamin T. HutchinsSPECIES

5% of profits support Endangered & Threatened Species.The Mexican long-nosed bat is the only federally endangered bat in Texas.©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_artCOLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE MEXICAN LONG-NOSED BATSPECIES INFO:'The Mexican long-nosed bat is the only federally endangered bat in Texas. Pregnant mothers make

5% of profits support Endangered & Threatened Species.The Tamaulipas Shiner (Notropis braytoni) is a small North American freshwater fish, living in the Rio Grande drainage in Texas and northern Mexico.COLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE TAMAULIPAS SHINERSPECIES INFO: TheTamaulipas Shiner (Notropis braytoni) is a small North Am

5% of the profits support Endangered & Threatened Species. False spike was once considered common wherever it was found; however, beginning in the early 1970s, the species began to be regarded as rare throughout its range... It was considered to be extinct until 2011, when the discovery of seven live false spike in the Guadalupe River

5% of the profits support Endangered & Threatened Species. It has been suggested that the Zone-tailed hawk is a mimic of the turkey vulture and uses its similarity to sneak up on prey that would not hide from vultures...©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_art   COLOR PALETTE SAMPLES FROM IMAGES OF THE ZONE-TAILED HAWK:SPEC

5% of the profits support Endangered & Threatened Species.Meet the stunning, non-venomous Speckled Racer (Drymobius margaritiferus). The specific name of this snake, margaritiferus, means "pearl-bearing" in Latin, referring to the pearl-like spots on the dorsal scales. ©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_art   COLOR PALETT

5% of the profits support Endangered & Threatened Species."The male defends nesting territory by singing. Has a thin, rhythmic "dawn song," is usually heard only before sunrise..."©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_art   COLOR PALETTES SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE ROSE THROATED BECARD (male-top, female-bottom):SPECIES INFO:

5% of profits support Endangered & Threatened Species.One of the most stunning migratory (South America) raptors, the Swallow-tailed Kite is an incredibly acrobatic predator.            ©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_art   COLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE:SPECI