Imagine facing a predator and, instead of running, you suddenly squirt blood from your eyes as a defense. It sounds like a ...

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 ...

With its cryptic coloration and flat body, the flat-tailed horned lizard is capable of disappearing on the desert floor. When a predator threatens, the lizard may run a short distance and then stop ...

With its cryptic coloration and flat body, the flat-tailed horned lizard is capable of disappearing on the desert floor. When a predator threatens, the lizard may run a short distance and then stop ...

When my grandson Parker was 11 years old, he called me from a coastal island with exciting news. Problem was I took the call outside a restaurant with people jabbering and at a spot where I had a ...

A horned lizard looks like a flat armored tank with small jutting protuberances on the back and a crown of large, formidable looking bony spines on the back of the head. No doubt the head spines ...

Experts estimate the Horned Lizard has disappeared from as much as 30% of its natural habitat. Agricultural practices, encroachment by humans and the elimination of its primary food source ...