ALPINE - So, maybe you've heard of Ol' Rip, the Eastland County horny toad who allegedly hibernated inside the courthouse cornerstone for 31 long years. Originally named Blinky, the little creature ...

As night stretched across a nature reserve in southern China, a “horned” creature with “long” limbs climbed onto a plant near a stream. Its “diamond-shaped” pupils scanned the surrounding forest, but ...

Scientists found a “horned” creature with “diamond-shaped” pupils in a nature reserve in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Zhong-Bin Yu via Wu, Zuo, Yang, Zhang, Duan, ...

Misshapen and frayed as a badly done potato pancake, the old horned toad that lugubriously blinked in the Eastland, Tex., drugstore window last week proved all the lies that Texans had ever told of ...

Scientists found a creature with “burly” fingers in the mountains of a nature reserve in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Liu, Li, Cheng, Wei, Wang and Cheng (2025) On a ...

Scientists found a “horned” creature with “large” “reddish” eyes in a “very cold” stream in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Wang, Chen, Chen, Huang, Peng, Peng, Gao, Chen ...

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 ...

EASTLAND - The New York Times reported on the miraculous tale. Some 3,000 onlookers witnessed it firsthand. And today, nearly a century later, true believers scoff at the doubters. They swear by the ...

FORT WORTH - Once common, the Texas horned lizard is now one of more than 1,300 species of concern across the state. But there is good news for the little "horned toad." On Thursday, a coalition of ...

California high school sports fans have spoken, choosing the Coalinga Horned Toads as the best mascot in the state. Coalinga (population 17,465) won the contest with 72,114 votes, while Hollister ...