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, ...

BASTROP — Mike Forstner tromps along the mucky edge of a pond, trilling loudly as he sweeps the beam of his flashlight over the bank. He's hoping for an answering call from an endangered Houston toad, ...

Since 2010, the Fort Worth Zoo has participated in a highly successful conservation program for the Houston toad, an endangered species native to Texas. Since 2010, the Fort Worth Zoo has taken part ...

Caldwell Zoo in Tyler recently celebrated the release of Texas Horned Lizards into their native, wild habitat. It took years of development and months of preparation before the zoo amphibian and ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The legend goes something like this: In 1897, the good people of Eastland, Texas, put a time capsule in the cornerstone of the courthouse being built downtown. In went a Bible, some ...

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – If you’ve noticed a bunch of toads hopping around your yard recently you’re not alone. These Texas amphibians are enjoying a boost in their population thanks to a wet year. The ...

KARNES CITY - On a quiet morning in late July, three biologists moved slowly along a weedy alley near the city water tower, scanning for signs of an iconic native creature that most Texans never will ...

SAN ANTONIO – It was more than 40 years ago when Tom McCain was in the U.S. Marine Corps and picked up the hobby of carving animals out of wax. Today, that hobby is now a full-fledged business, ...

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 ...

When it comes to applying misleading names to things, naturalists are certainly guilty. For example, the name "common snapping turtle" insinuates that species is, well, common when the opposite is ...

The month of August brought rain – lots of it. With the recent rainfalls in the Concho Valley, you might see a toad or two hopping around near puddles and you most certainly have heard them calling in ...