Zoo Miami established a satellite colony of Texas horned lizards to produce hatchlings under human care, as part of the Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project. The hatchlings will eventually be taken back to Texas where they will be released at selected sites. The first eggs were laid at ...
Texas Horned Lizard, also called Horny Toad, Horned Frog and Horn Frog is a flat-bodied and fierce-looking lizard. The head has numerous horns, all of which are prominent, with two central head spines being much longer than any of the others. Horned Lizards are the most fearsome-looking a...
(English):In 2006, we observed two female Texas horned lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum) digging nests in hard caliche soil in Randall County, Texas. One female used her head in a twisting and side-to-side motion to backfill the nest, which may pack soil between eggs without injuring the ...
Oak "apples" are typically caused by certain types of wasps, particularly those in theCynipidae family. When a wasp lays its eggs in the tissue of an oak tree, the tree reacts by growing a gall around the larvae. This gall provides protection and nourishment for the developing wasp larvae ...
Texas Horned Lizard The Texas Horned Lizard, also known as the horny toad is a flat bodied reptile with very distinctive spikes coming off his body, extending from his head to smaller ones along his spine. This creature lives in dry habitats with little to no plant cover. They were all ov...
Known for their very distinct orange, black, and white coloring, this butterfly goes through four stages in its life cycle: egg, larvae, pupa, and adult. When they migrate in the fall, a Monarch Butterfly will travel thousands of miles. Eggs are laid on a food source, usually milkweeds...
Oak "apples" are typically caused by certain types of wasps, particularly those in theCynipidae family. When a wasp lays its eggs in the tissue of an oak tree, the tree reacts by growing a gall around the larvae. This gall provides protection and nourishment for the developing wasp larvae...
Who can forget the story of the Texas mom,Nicole Graham, who, along with her daughter Hailey, found a GIANT snake in the engine bay of their car? Oh and of course this snake was laying eggs at their farm too. That's...that's just great. ...
This reptile is known as the “horny toad.” It is flat-bodied with numerous prominent horns on its head. Brownish with two rows of fringed scales along each side of the body, it is the only species of horned lizard to have dark brown stripes that radiate downward from the eyes and acr...