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 ...

Horned lizards are part of our Nevadan heritage. Mark Twain mentions them in his book, "The American West," the Western Shoshone noted the presence of horned lizards as spiritually significant, and ...

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

TYLER, Texas (KETK) — Caldwell Zoo’s Texas Horned Lizard Conservation Center has successfully hatched a group of over 20 horned lizards, which will be released into a protected habitat to help ...

Why they're awesome: Greater short-horned lizards have a squat, flat shape and short snouts, which makes them look more like amphibians than reptiles — hence the nickname "horny toads." But these ...

STAMFORD — There’s probably not much chance that if you grew up in Texas and are of a certain age that you didn’t catch and keep a horned lizard as a pet. Of course, you called it a horny toad because ...

For the most part, reptiles here in Texas are not anything more than an afterthought at best, and reviled at worst. However, there is an endearing reptile that can make even the most staunch ...

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 ...

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 - 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 ...

Texas Horned Lizards, usually called “horned toads,” are not amphibians at all but reptiles, little lizards. They used to be common in Oklahoma but have nearly disappeared from many areas because of ...