The state’s official reptile may be on the rebound, thanks to nature lovers from around the state. We’ll call that a win. The Texas horned lizard, affectionately called the horny toad, may be iconic, ...

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 ...

Welcome to Texas, 261,193 square miles of creepy crawly and/or majestic and/or weird and/or cute and/or apt-to-bite animals. We’ll take you through a few that are endemic to Texas (that is, mostly ...

The San Antonio Zoo has its hands full this week as it welcomed 71 bundles of joy into its conservation program for the Texas horned lizard, also known as the horny toad. The zoo announced the news of ...

Endangered Houston toad eggs, tadpoles and toads were released into their native range on a designated release site in Texas. The post Zoo released nearly 700,000 eggs, toads and spawn to save them ...

MASON, Texas — A dozen conservationists clad in khaki and forest green march into the Hill Country brush. The noontime sun hasn't broken through the clouds. The prickly pears are full of ripe purple ...