The Texas horned lizard has been an important part of Texas’s history and culture for centuries. Once a staple in habitats ...

A reptile researcher explains why diverse native vegetation, healthy soils and insect-rich food webs are essential for horned ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the arid plains and rocky deserts of North America, a ...

I nearly crushed it beneath my boot. A little over a week ago, I was hiking down the Bogert Trail when something very tiny scampered out from underneath my boot — just in time to avoid being squashed.

Pima County will spend $284,000 to save horned lizards and other critters from an untimely and premature squishing at a west-side construction site. Work is starting on a project to stabilize the ...