I once captured a small creature that I spotted rustling across a sandy patch of soil. I showed it to a 3-year-old friend, ...

Some animal adaptations look like they were designed by a committee of mad scientists. The greater short-horned lizard ...

Once again, the little horned frog of Texas will bask in the national TV spotlight on Monday as the university that adopted it makes a run for a national basketball championship. The No. 3-seeded TCU ...

It took the San Francisco earthquake to destroy a rather creative San Bernardino County industry briefly flourishing in Needles in 1906. Two enterprising men were making good money capturing ...

I read an article in the February issue of National Geographic about horned lizards in Texas. Their populations are being decimated, largely due to habitat loss and invasive predators. Most people ...

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Out-of-state visitors may not know what they’re looking at, but fans of Texas Christian University (TCU) get fired up when SuperFrog runs onto the football field. Human-size and gray, with pointy ...

When you think of “gory” animals, creatures like great white sharks, tigers, and vampire bats might come to mind. But the most gruesome defense mechanism of any animal belongs to something much ...