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 legend has ...

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 ...

As darkness settled over a forest of southern Vietnam, a “long”-limbed creature with “dagger-like spines” climbed into a ...

The horned lizard, often dubbed the “horny toad,” is a remarkable member of the reptilian world, admired not just for its distinctive appearance but also for its intriguing behavior. Among its various ...

In the animal kingdom, some species showcase exceptional defence mechanisms to fend off predators, highlighting their ...

While scientists were able to save and move some creatures in the aftermath, researchers are worried about the prospects for ...

Horned lizards mostly hunt out in the open, licking up ants and other insects with their sticky tongues. However, this also makes the lizards easy targets for predators like roadrunners, coyotes ...

This prompted the researchers to examine the skin and scales of the lizards in detail, using high-powered microscopes. They found that two species, Australian thorny devils and the Texas horned ...

Intrigued, they took a closer look at the “distinct” reptiles and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Acanthosaura cuongi, or Cuong’s horned tree lizard. An Acanthosaura ...