People once caught Texas horned lizards for pets, a practice now outlawed. What Do They Eat, and Who Eats Them? Although horned lizards prefer a diet of ants, they'll eat other insects as well.

The Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project is funded, totally through donations. It costs a little more than $100,000 per year. Much of that money goes to providing food for the adult and baby ...

Horny toad, horned frog, horned toads, horned lizard— whatever you call it, the small reptile built like a tank with spines is something of an icon in Oklahoma.

The short-horned lizard is a one-reptile wrecking crew with a bizarre self-defense strategy. ... efforts to eradicate ants—their staple food—and the pet trade have all contributed to this.

Growing up, family pets in Texas included dogs, cats, goldfish, canaries, sometimes a horse, maybe a rabbit, and almost always a horned lizard, or what was more commonly called a horny toad or ...

Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) celebrates with fans a win over Los Angeles Lakers 124-115 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022.(Lola Gomez / Staff ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) wants your help to choose a new design for the iconic horned lizard license ...

Caldwell Zoo has hatched more than 70 threatened horned lizards this year, while Dallas Zoo reported its largest group of hatchlings last week. ... Can you keep a Texas horned lizard as a pet?

With all due respect to TCU, the school got its mascot wrong. Their mascot is really a horned lizard, not a horned frog. But then, lots of us get it wrong.

Texas Zoo Welcomes Two Tiny Baby Horned Lizards: 'We're Like Proud Parents' The Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas is home to two newborn horned lizards, each smaller than a quarter and weighing less ...

Horned lizards also do not survive well in captivity and are not good pets. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Dallas Zoo and Caldwell Zoo hatch 90 threatened horned ...

Horned lizards are part of our Nevadan heritage. Mark Twain mentions them in his book, "The American West," the Western Shoshone noted the presence of horned lizards as spiritually significant ...