The collective unfamiliarity with Texas wild rice does, however, draw attention to its precarious existence. In a river brimming with other aquatic vegetation, the rice plants are easy to overlook.

In reality, it is the grain of an aquatic grass. Unlike rice (or true rice as it's called), which belongs to the Oryza sativa species of plants ... third species of Texas wild rice (Zizania ...

or aquatic plants like Texas wild rice. "Whether sunbathing at the banks, or tubing down the San Marcos River, it's important to keep our litter out of the river and parks," a statement from ...

A northern Minnesota power plant that was the site of a massive ash-water spill last summer has for years legally pumped wastewater with even higher concentrations of sulfate than was detected in ...

said the water levels are less than half of what the average typically is. "It's a lot shallower, which affects not only people but the endangered species in the river, like the Texas wild rice ...

Wild rice is really vulnerable in its early life stages, such as the floating leaf stage, when it's a plant that's leaf is resting on the top of the water level. When there's a lot of rain during ...

Wild rice is an annual plant, meaning it completes its entire life cycle in one growing season and then dies. The seeds germinate in spring, then sprout to lie flat on the water like ribbons ...