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Curious Texas: Where Have All the Horned Toads Gone?

A dozen conservationists clad in khaki and forest green march into the Hill Country brush.

In their hands are cameras and clear deli cups, the kind used to take home leftover potato salad. Inside each are tiny lizards, about the size of a quarter and only a few weeks old.

They are the latest, greatest hope for bringing their species back from the brink.

Read and see more on this report from The Dallas Morning News.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department released more than 140 Texas horned lizard hatchlings Wednesday in a state park.
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