Reporting from Palm Springs — As the sun rose over a wind-swept stretch of desert just east of Palm Springs, Cameron Barrows tramped over a series of dunes, identifying animal tracks in the sand -- ...

With its cryptic coloration and flat body, the flat-tailed horned lizard is capable of disappearing on the desert floor. When a predator threatens, the lizard may run a short distance and then stop ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In the latest chapter in a 16-year legal battle to keep the flat-tailed ...

SAN FRANCISCO— In response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity and a number of other groups, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

The flat-tail horned lizard's desert habitats in the American West are changing rapidly, thanks to us humans. Andrew Gottscho For many plants and animals, the Sonoran Desert would be an inhospitable ...

At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because ...

Lizards, just like cats, have a knack for turning right side up and landing on their feet when they fall. But how do they do it? Unlike cats, which twist and bend their torsos to turn upright, lizards ...