The state’s official reptile may be on the rebound, thanks to nature lovers from around the state. We’ll call that a win. The Texas horned lizard, affectionately called the horny toad, may be iconic, ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — At the Fort Worth Zoo, a little lab is tucked away just feet away from the reptile and amphibians exhibits. It's where Allison Julien spends hours each day facilitating in vitro ...

Welcome to Texas, 261,193 square miles of creepy crawly and/or majestic and/or weird and/or cute and/or apt-to-bite animals. We’ll take you through a few that are endemic to Texas (that is, mostly ...

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 ...

BLANCO COUNTY — A crowd of people gathered to watch as the tiny lizards took their first, cautious steps, tentatively testing the sandy soil beneath their feet. The young Texas horned lizards paused ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Puerto Rican crested toad, once nearly gotten, is now in the spotlight thanks to Bad Bunny's cultural influence. (Associated ...

In early 2025, global superstar Bad Bunny did something no one saw coming. He turned the little-known, critically endangered Puerto Rican crested toad (sapo concho) into an international icon. The ...