A baby horned toad lays inside a cage at the Center for Conservation & Research at the San Antonio Zoo. The horned toads are identified by the crown of horns found on their heads. Credit: Courtesy / ...

Two zoos are making notable strides this year in the recovery of the Texas horned lizard, the rare and threatened lizard cherished as the official state reptile of Texas. Caldwell Zoo in Tyler and ...

KENEDY, Texas — "We couldn't wait to get home, change our clothes and go play with the Horned Toads," says Lisa Yaklin. She grew up in Kenedy, Texas... now designated as the 'Horned Toad Capital of ...

The San Antonio Zoo did, and a group of the distinguished critters recently hatched. The Texas horned lizard, aka the "horny toad" or "horned frog," is a lizard native to the south-central United ...

Take a close look at this photo and you’ll find a tiny critter staring at you with one eyeball. If you can’t spot it, here’s a hint: The species is multiplying in Texas with the help of the Fort Worth ...

An adorable video, seen above, shows the moment zoo staff released 50 Texas horned lizards into the wild on Wednesday, 28 September. The horned lizards had been hatched at the San Antonio Zoo as part ...

Of the nearly 50 Texas horned lizards at the San Antonio Zoo lizard factory, a reasonable number of them have names. There’s Poseidon and Pancake, Kermit and Data, Xena and Cowboy. Some of them have ...

Texas researchers didn’t expect to discover a “milestone” in the revival of the state’s official reptile. Staff members at Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area in the Hill Country had been ...