Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the arid plains and rocky deserts of North America, a ...

Those same animals, the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), have now effectively vanished from the state’s uplands, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Texas zoo has released 28 horned lizards back into the wild. This lizard, shown in the video burrowing into the sand, along with ...

FORT WORTH - Once common, the Texas horned lizard is now one of more than 1,300 species of concern across the state. But there is good news for the little "horned toad." On Thursday, a coalition of ...

KENEDY, Texas — "We couldn't wait to get home, change our clothes and go play with the Horned Toads," says Lisa Yaklin. She grew up in Kenedy, Texas... now designated as the 'Horned Toad Capital of ...

SAN ANTONIO — Well, there's more Texas horned Lizards coming just in time for Texas Horned Lizard Day! How about that? The Center for Conservation and Research at San Antonio Zoo said there are many ...

FORT WORTH (CBSNewsTexas.com) — The horned lizard is a Texas icon. Around the Fort Worth area, this is largely due to it being the mascot for Texas Christian University, even though the name of the ...

For its 25th anniversary of the conservation plate program, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is looking to make changes to its horned lizard license plate, and it is asking Texans to help.

The San Antonio Zoo is spearheading an effort to bring back the Texas Horned Lizard. Senior Conservation Technician Kamryn Richard says Texans tend to call this lizard by different names, including ...

AUSTIN Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) newly redesigned horned lizard conservation license plate is now available for purchase, in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the horned lizard ...