The Plateau spot-tailed earless lizard is indeed small and spotted. Contrary to its name, it has small ears concealed behind skin flaps to protect it from sand and debris. Since a petition was filed ...

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 ...

Jun. 1—The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit accusing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of failing to determine whether a lizard found only in West Texas and southeastern ...

"The Endangered Species Act is an important tool in preventing the extinction of imperiled species like the dunes sagebrush lizard," said Amy Lueders, USFWS southwest regional director, in a statement ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- It is now illegal to buy, sell or release an Argentine Black and White Tegu lizard in North Carolina. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission voted for that back in ...

Researchers have fitted small devices with antennas to horned lizards in Oklahoma as part of a conservation effort. Screengrab from Facebook post by Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

It was a balmy summer’s day in June 2018, and time was running out for Earyn McGee and the lizard. McGee, a University of Arizona researcher and Ph.D. candidate, was chasing a lizard she needed to ...

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 ...