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).

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, ...

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

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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 ...

Some animal adaptations look like they were designed by a committee of mad scientists. The greater short-horned lizard ...

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 ...

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