Have you ever seen a purple horned winged lizard? Neither have we. But we have seen a purported image of one: This image frequently pops up online along with the claim that it shows a "purple horned ...

Is the grumpy-faced Texas horned lizard cute enough to survive? Is the grumpy-faced Texas horned lizard cute enough to survive? Texas Horned Lizard, Once Common, Now Must Be Captive Bred Texas Horned ...

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, ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The legend goes something like this: In 1897, the good people of Eastland, Texas, put a time capsule in the cornerstone of the courthouse being built downtown. In went a Bible, some ...

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 ...