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The Fort Worth Zoo has been in the news a lot over the past few years. Take a look back at Star-Telegram coverage of the most ...
The flat-tail horned lizard's desert habitats in the American West are changing rapidly, thanks to us humans. Andrew Gottscho For many plants and animals, the Sonoran Desert would be an ...
The flat-tailed horned lizard once lived throughout large regions of the Sonoran Desert in Southern California, but urban sprawl and agricultural development have destroyed much of its habitat. Only ...
Chalk one up for the flat-tailed horned lizard. In the latest round in a 16-year legal battle to keep the squat lizard with dragon-like head spines safe from urban encroachment in its Southern ...
Texas horned lizards are the most common of these that we’re likely to see in our area, and can be found in a variety of open habitats with sparse vegetation such as bunch grasses, cacti ...
In the latest chapter in a 16-year legal battle to keep the flat-tailed horned lizard safe from urban encroachment, a federal court judge in Arizona has reinstated a 1993 proposal to list the ...
Lizards possess remarkable abilities. Some desert species survive with minimal water. Many lizards drop their tails to escape ...
The rare lizards are being pushed toward extinction by habitat loss, off-road vehicles and global warming. Flat-tailed horned lizards once lived throughout large regions of the Sonoran Desert in ...
The Mojave Desert Land Trust said the Ranch Fire near Apple Valley has impacted a quarter of a 592-acre protected nature ...
The hobbyist herpetologist has identified thousands of species on iNaturalist over the last 10 years, observing anything from Mojave rattlesnakes to desert horned lizards.
Endangered Species Protection Sought for Oklahoma's Disappearing Horned Lizards Protection Petition Spurred by Concerns of 15-year-old Boy in Moore, Okla. OKLAHOMA CITY — The Center for Biological ...