Imagine facing a predator and, instead of running, you suddenly squirt blood from your eyes as a defense. It sounds like a ...

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 ...

Drop for drop, the secretions are more toxic than the venom of tropical pit vipers such as the fer-de-lance. The horned toad ...

Although the name is horned frog, the species' real is name is "Texas horned lizard" because it has spikes. But in Texas, the animal is known as a horned frog. The school earned the name when the ...

Animals protect themselves from being eaten by other animals in countless ways. Some are commonplace. Others are ...

“I caught an adult horned toad, and he sprayed blood on me through his eyes, just like they’re supposed to,” Parker said when I could hear better. Then it all made sense. My son and grandson ...