The short-horned lizard is often referred to as a “horned toad” or “horny toad” because its squat, flattened shape and short, blunt snout give it a toad-ish look. There are over a dozen ...

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." ...

Two of those, the short-horned and round-tail lizards exist in fairly stable populations ... currently spear-heading a research project at Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area geared toward ...

Baby horned lizards are released at Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Mason on Sept. 5, 2018.(Nathan Hunsinger / Staff Photographer) The Horned Frogs are making a comeback. Not the purple ...

With the flat-tailed horned lizard declared a candidate species, it is against the law to kill, harm or capture one without state authorization, pending completion of a one-year study to determine ...

Earlier this week, the Nature Conservancy of Canada found eight greater short-horned lizards in southeastern Alberta. About the size of a chicken wing, Alberta's only native lizard species lacks ...

The horned lizards aren't in the clear just yet. Researchers are hoping to continue more restoration work, including another release on Mason Mountain this fall. The researchers are also pushing ...

They may not be endangered but they could be headed that way. That’s the case with the Texas horned lizard, the state’s official reptile and one of 1,300 species of concern in Texas alone ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Caldwell Zoo, in cooperation with Texas Parks and Wildlife, has announced new hatchings of horned lizards that ... Zoo team gathers up the lizards and drives them to protected ...