SIU: Research focuses on demise of Texas horned lizard
by Tim Crosby
CARBONDALE, Ill. – The horned lizard is well-loved part of culture in its range, which stretches from Kansas through Oklahoma and into Texas. But the once plentiful species has been harder to find in recent years.
A graduate student from Southern Illinois University Carbondale is the university’s most recent scholar to try and find out why that is, and hopefully help the species thrive once again.
Jennie Mook, a graduate research assistant with SIU’s Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, is scouring the lands around Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma studying the Texas horned lizard.
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