The greater short-horned lizard boasts an impressive arsenal of defense mechanisms—more impressive than the myths they inspire.

Food is also useful for training. Keepers can’t pick up a huge and potentially dangerous lizard like Murphy, so they train him to participate in his care. One of their main tools is a large ...

The region's shinnery oaks are only four or five feet high, but they provide food, shade and a breeding ground for the small, brown dunes sagebrush lizard — otherwise known as the sand dune lizard.

There are critiques about why animals like lizards don't make for good pets — detractors say they can carry diseases that can hurt humans and that it might be easy to miss signs of a sick reptile. "It ...

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 ...

The Fort Worth Zoo announced the release of a record number of Texas horned lizards back into their natural environment this ...