Some animal adaptations look like they were designed by a committee of mad scientists. The greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)—Wyoming’s state reptile, also dubbed the “horny toad” ...

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 ...

When it comes to creative survival tactics in the animal kingdom, few creatures can compete with a small, spiky reptile that weaponizes its own blood. The greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma ...

The San Antonio Zoo is celebrating a "major milestone" in regard to its conservation efforts, as lizards released into the ...

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 Texas ...

A reptile researcher explains why diverse native vegetation, healthy soils and insect-rich food webs are essential for horned ...

When my grandson Parker was 11 years old, he called me from a coastal island with exciting news. Problem was I took the call outside a restaurant with people jabbering and at a spot where I had a ...

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 ...

Researchers measure a horned lizard found thriving in the wild. The Texas horned lizard, an endangered native species, is ...