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

plantations and farmland—leaving little hope that the grey ghost lizard still survives here. But hope remains. One reason for optimism comes from another extinct–and subsequently rediscovered ...

An extremely rare, possibly endangered lizard could be living in the Chinati Mountains of West Texas. Biologists from the University of Texas, Arlington plan to locate the Dixon's whiptail and ...

The short-horned lizard is often referred to as a “horned ... Their coloring can be yellowish, gray, or reddish-brown depending on the environment they inhabit, and, combined with their shape ...

A team will assess whether the West Texas lizard qualifies as a new species and merits conservation efforts. In the Chinati Mountains of western Texas resides a rare lizard known as Dixon’s whiptail.

The uncertainty over its status is due to the similarity between it and another slightly smaller and less rare reptile.

It isn’t the world’s tiniest lizard, but the discovery of this odd-looking gecko by a University of Texas at Arlington ...