Also known as horny toads, Texas horned lizards have been classified as a threatened species in Texas since 1977. The decline ...

If you’ve lived in Texas for a while, you may have run across a tiny lizard with an identity crisis. Most folks call them horned toads, but they are, indeed, horned lizards. A Texas legend has ...

In the animal kingdom, some species showcase exceptional defence mechanisms to fend off predators, highlighting their ...

Since August 2021, Caldwell Zoo’s Texas Horned Lizard Conservation Center has successfully hatched hundreds of baby horny toads, including more than 70 this year alone, according to a recent ...

Kade has kept a nature journal for most of his life. But he really became devoted to nature after he moved to a house with a big field behind it, where he first saw a Texas horned lizard (also called ...

This prompted the researchers to examine the skin and scales of the lizards in detail, using high-powered microscopes. They found that two species, Australian thorny devils and the Texas horned ...

The short-horned lizard is often referred to as a “horned toad” or “horny toad” because its squat, flattened shape and short, blunt snout give it a toad-ish look. There are over a dozen ...

THE craziest things get swirled together in El Paso, Texas – horned lizards and chihuahuas, baseball diamonds and city offices, tiny shops selling pants designed to “lift your butt” and ...

Base color is tan, orange-brown, or reddish brown and typically matches the sand on which the lizard lives; the back is marked with rows of dark, circular blotches. HABITAT: The flat-tailed horned ...

Texas Tech Red Raiders (14-11, 3-9 Big 12) at TCU Horned Frogs (21-3, 9-2 Big 12) Fort Worth, Texas; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Jasmine Shavers and Texas Tech visit Sedona Prince and No. 9 ...