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 ...

Habitat loss, off-road vehicles and global warming are pushing this rare horned lizard toward extinction. “This charming little lizard used to be fairly common in parts of the Sonoran Desert, but it’s ...

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 ...

Research ecologist Cameron Barrows searches for the flat-tailed horned lizard in a wind-swept area of the desert east of Palm Springs. This is the last corner in the Coachella Valley that still ...

But the presence of sensitive habitat, rare plants and imperiled creatures such as desert tortoises, bighorn sheep and flat-tailed horned lizards threatens to stall or derail some of the projects ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Mountains and Desert habitat reopened Thursday after being closed for two years due to renovations. Thirteen new species, including the Texas horned lizard, are now on exhibit.

The Mojave Desert Land Trust said the Ranch Fire near Apple Valley has impacted a quarter of a 592-acre protected nature ...