The dunes sagebrush lizard, which lives in the oil-rich Permian Basin, has been listed as endangered after a decades-long effort. Credit: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS ODESSA — The dunes sagebrush lizard burrows ...

MIDLAND, Texas — The dunes sagebrush lizard was recently added to the endangered species list by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, preventing it and its habitat from destruction. However, the ...

TEXAS, USA — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a Texas lizard species once thought to be vanishingly scarce is now experiencing thriving populations across its historical range in the Edwards ...

The Plateau spot-tailed earless lizard is indeed small and spotted. Contrary to its name, it has small ears concealed behind skin flaps to protect it from sand and debris. Since a petition was filed ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in a 12-month finding that the Plateau spot-tailed earless lizard will not be listed under the Endangered Species Act. (Courtesy ...

What happens when a species has not been seen by anyone for decades? Environmentalists think of these as "lost species." We do not know if they've gone extinct, or if it's simply that nobody has ...

SAN ANTONIO, June 13 (Reuters) - U.S. officials ruled on Wednesday that a tiny lizard would be kept off the endangered species list after agreements with Texas and New Mexico landowners intended to ...

A rare tree frog found only in Central Panama could soon croak its last, as deforestation and infection push the species toward extinction, an environmental group said today. The Rabb’s fringe-limbed ...

The Vincent J. M. Di Maio Forensic Science Center, which is also known as the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office, is located on the Northwest Side of San Antonio. ODESSA — The dunes sagebrush ...

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 ...

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