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The state Department of Wildlife Conservation updates its action plan every 10 years to remain eligible for federal wildlife ...

It’s one of the largest rivers in the Southwest. Discover the freshwater fish and animals that call the Pecos River home.

According to a local legend, the Texas horned toad can live a century without food or water. One local Texas man put that ...

A Texas zoo has released 28 horned lizards back into the wild. This lizard, shown in the video burrowing into the sand, along with the 27 others were released into the native landscape Wednesday as ...

Inside a greenhouse-like structure at the edge of the Fort Worth Zoo is a nursery for hundreds of horned lizards. “They're very charismatic,” Fort Worth Zoo Assistant Director of Ectotherms Robyn ...

This story was originally published by the Fort Worth Report. You may read the original version here. For generations, the Texas horny toad was a backyard pet. As ...

The tale of Old Rip, the horned frog that allegedly lived 31 years sealed within a courthouse cornerstone, is as persistent as the creature's fabled ability to hibernate for a century. Old Rip's ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The Department of Homeland Security says it is waiving more environmental regulations and health rules in order to quickly build more border wall through wildlife ...