These horned lizards turn their lunch into a loaded weapon - then fire the leftovers straight from its own eyeballs.

KENEDY, Texas — "We couldn't wait to get home, change our clothes and go play with the Horned Toads," says Lisa Yaklin. She grew up in Kenedy, Texas... now designated as the 'Horned Toad Capital of ...

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,980,791-part monthly series, Wiki Wormhole. This week’s entry: Ol’ Rip The Horned Toad What it’s about: The most famous lizard in American history. In ...

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The Yezhong horned toad is only found on a single mountain peak in the Yezhong Nature Reserve, according to a study. Photo by Liu J, Feng C-B, Shen T, Li S-Z, Cheng Y, Wei G, Wang B, Su H (2025).

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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 ...