With its cryptic coloration and flat body, the flat-tailed horned lizard is capable of disappearing on the desert floor. When a predator threatens, the lizard may run a short distance and then stop ...

The short-horned lizard is often referred to as a “horned toad” or “horny toad” because its squat, flattened shape and short, blunt snout give it a toad-ish look. There are over a dozen ...

This little lizard can fire blood up to 5 feet from its face, has spiky horns and inflates itself to choke predators. Why they're awesome: Greater short-horned lizards have a squat, flat shape and ...

HABITAT: The flat-tailed horned lizard is most often found in desert scrub on sandy flats and valleys with little or no windblown sand, as well as on salt flats and gravelly soils. RANGE: The ...

WHAT: Fifty newly freed lizard hatchlings in Blanco County. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: The Texas horned lizard, affectionately called the horny toad or horned frog, is in trouble. The population of the ...

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 ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — New research provides scientific evidence that a healthy diet may reduce the chance of low risk prostate cancer progressing to a more aggressive state in men undergoing active ...

What Is the Paleo Diet? The Paleo diet is an eating plan focused on the types of foods humans ate way back in the Paleolithic era, which began about 2.5 million years ago and ended about 10,000 ...

The lizards were two of 50 Texas horned lizards — often referred to as horny toads — that zoo staff released into the wild Tuesday at a ranch in Blanco County.

Study Finds Nearly Half of U.S. Counties Have at Least One 'Pharmacy Desert' Aug. 23, 2024 — Nearly half of counties in the United States have at least one 'pharmacy desert' where there is no ...

The Greater Short-Horned Lizard has fascinating adaptations, including squirting blood from its eyes to escape danger.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Name: Greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) Where they live: North and Central ...