STAMFORD — There’s probably not much chance that if you grew up in Texas and are of a certain age that you didn’t catch and keep a horned lizard as a pet. Of course, you called it a horny toad because ...

For its 25th anniversary of the conservation plate program, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is looking to make changes to its horned lizard license plate, and it is asking Texans to help.

MIAMI - It's a first for Zoo Miami. Working in collaboration with the Center for Conservation & Research at San Antonio Zoo, threatened Texas horned lizards hatched at the zoo. Zoo Miami established a ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Caldwell Zoo, in cooperation with Texas Parks and Wildlife, has announced new hatchings of horned lizards that once faced the threat of extinction. The species known as the Texas ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) wants your help to choose a new design for the iconic horned lizard license plate. The plate will get a fresh look as TPWD celebrates 25 ...

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 ...

While passing through the Texas Hill Country, travelers driving through swooshes of loose dirt and loamy soils may have noticed a scatter from the Texas Horned Lizard, also known as the"horny toad." ...

One of the 18 hatchlings at the Dallas Zoo that will be released into the wild this fall as part of a statewide effort to restore horned lizard populations. Photo courtesy of Dallas Zoo The Dallas Zoo ...

Ariana is the assistant news editor of Chron. Her stories focus on space, wildlife, and any weird happenings in Texas. She previously covered community news and breaking news at the Austin ...

When my grandson Parker was 11 years old, he called me from a coastal island with exciting news. Problem was I took the call outside a restaurant with people jabbering and at a spot where I had a ...