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

The Texas horned lizard has been an important part of Texas's history and culture for centuries. Once a staple in habitats ...

Out-of-state visitors may not know what they’re looking at, but fans of Texas Christian University (TCU) get fired up when SuperFrog runs onto the football field. Human-size and gray, with pointy ...

About 100 miles west of Austin in Mason County, there are some new arrivals: baby horned lizards, known to generations of ...

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 Zoo raises Texas horned lizards in an effort to restore them to the landscape. The San Antonio Zoo raises Texas horned lizards in a bold effort to restore them to the landscape. See how a ...

Continuing along the track of a previous article, let me introduce you to another interesting lizard occurring in our area! After discussing the horned lizard in a prior article, and to give equal ...

Of all the reptiles and amphibians that have crossed John Karges’ path, nothing reminds the former herpetologist of home quite like the Texas spiny lizard. Growing up in Fort Worth, Karges, now a ...

I nearly crushed it beneath my boot. A little over a week ago, I was hiking down the Bogert Trail when something very tiny scampered out from underneath my boot — just in time to avoid being squashed.