SAN ANTONIO (CN) — The long litigation history over the dunes sagebrush lizard continued Monday when Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the federal government for its decision to list the rare ...

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 ...

After more than 40 years since the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initially recognized the need for federal protections for the dunes sagebrush lizard, the agency has finally listed the tiny reptile ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Federal wildlife officials declared a rare ...

Read full article: Air Quality Warning: Houston, Galveston and Brazoria County Investigators believe a motorcyclist was killed in a crash while racing in Southwest Houston. Read full article: HPD: ...

Federal wildlife officials declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species Friday, citing future energy development, sand mining and climate change as the ...

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 ...