horned lizard conservation Tag

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EOC 020: Fire Ecology and the Harvester Ant with Robin Verble-Pearson

Episode Summary: Today on the EOC podcast we're talking with Texas Tech University professor Robin Verble-Pearson. Robin was featured in our latest EOC film about the Texas Horned Lizard - she talks in the film about the relationship between harvester ...
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The Texas Horned Lizard

Rachel Granberg is a recent masters graduate from Texas Tech University who’s research was focused on Texas horned lizard habitat loss and degradation in central Texas, where the species has experienced severe declines over the past 70 years. Habitat loss and ...
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EOC 018: Texas Horned Lizard Research with Rachel Granberg

Episode Summary: In today's episode of the podcast we'll hear from Texas Horned Lizard expert Rachel Granberg. Rachel shares with us her vast knowledge of this fascinating little animal, and also talks about her experience working on the new EOC ...
This colony of Western red harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) lies within a home range of one of the tagged female Texas horned lizards.  Harvester ants are typically active in the mornings and evenings during the heat of summer.

Harvester Ants and the Texas Horned Lizard

***The following is another blog post in our ongoing series about the Texas Horned Lizard. Rachel Granberg studies this fascinating species as a part of her master's research at Texas Tech University and is shooting video for a short doc ...
Rachel measuring SVL (snout-vent length) on the gravid female she has been tracking. Photo: R. Granberg

An Update from the Texas Horned Lizard Project

***The following is our second post from Wild Lens volunteer Rachel Granberg, who is studying the Texas Horned Lizard as a part of her Master's research at Texas Tech University. Rachel will be working with us throughout her field season ...
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Fieldwork Begins on the Texas Horned Lizard Project

***The following is a post from Wild Lens volunteer Rachel Granberg. Rachel is pursuing her Master's Degree at Texas Tech University with a research project focusing on conservation of the Texas horned lizard. She will be working with Wild Lens ...
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The toad that is not a frog, but a lizard

Rachel Granberg is a second-year Master's student and Research Associate in the Natural Resources Management Department. Rachel's first visit to Texas was to begin a Research Assistantship studying the Texas Horned Lizard, aka, horny toad. Texas Horned Lizards (Phrynosma corutum) ...