Texas is home to several interesting species of lizards, and spiny lizards are prime examples. Many times overlooked because of their wariness, this group actually has species that are surprisingly ...

The blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) is one variety of 10 species of spiny lizards that reside here in Texas, although it has a very limited range in this state. It can be observed in Texas ...

Federal wildlife officials declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species Friday, citing future energy development, sand mining and climate change as the ...

ODESSA — The dunes sagebrush lizard burrows its coarse, spiny body as a way to cool down, and sometimes conserve heat, deep beneath the sand dunes in the Mescalero-Monahans ecosystem 30 miles west of ...

In a clash between habitat conservation for a rare lizard native to West Texas and oil and gas interests, the Trump administration, in league with officials from a major subsidiary of Exxon Mobil, ...