Greater short-horned lizard. Image via Openverse. The process of blood-squirting is a sophisticated biological mechanism that has evolved over millions of years. When threatened, particularly by ...

The process of blood-squirting is a sophisticated biological mechanism that has evolved over millions of years. When threatened, particularly by canine predators like coyotes or foxes, the horned ...

Among his tasks is to tag the toes of any regal-horned, side-blotched and zebra-tailed lizards he finds in the work area. Rosen researches ways to conserve lizard populations in urban areas.

More: Velvet ants can deliver a painful sting | ECOVIEWS Texas horned lizards are U.S. natives that have been introduced to the Southeastern states where they do not really belong. But they are ...

Although the name is horned frog, the species' real is name is "Texas horned lizard" because it has spikes. But in Texas, the animal is known as a horned frog. The school earned the name when the ...

In 1928, a time capsule was opened in Eastland, Texas, and inside was a still-living horned toad (technically a Texas horned lizard), who had survived a 31-year hibernation.

AUSTIN, Texas — 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 ...

Horned lizard numbers are nowhere near what they used to be, but there is an effort to ensure they will be here for your kids to see.

The problem is, you can look as hard as you want, and it will be hard to find one now. Experts estimate the Horned Lizard has disappeared from as much as 30% of its natural habitat.

As pioneers in breeding Texas horned lizards, the Fort Worth Zoo also maintains the largest group of these reptiles under human care, according to a news release. Since the lizard project began in ...

Here’s how it works. A short-horned lizard after firing blood out of its eyes — one of its many defense mechanisms. (Image credit: Bill Gorum via Alamy Stock Photo) ...

A rare horned lizard sighting these days Anyway, the opening weekend of dove season, I was in a UTV riding with my nephew Adam Leggett, touring the nearly 600 acres he’s bought just outside the ...