{"id":480624,"date":"2026-10-29T19:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480624\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:26:11","slug":"san-antonio-zoo-zoo-miami-release-55-texas-horned-lizards-into-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480624\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio Zoo, Zoo Miami release 55 Texas Horned Lizards into the wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The horned lizards were released onto a Texas ranch on Monday<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Texas horned lizards, often called \u201chorny toads,\u201d are returning to the wild after San Antonio Zoo and Zoo Miami released 55 of them at a Texas ranch on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The Center for Conservation &amp; Research at San Antonio Zoo and Zoo Miami carried out the Oct. 26 release as part of the Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project, an ongoing effort to restore the species to areas where its populations have declined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Of the 55 lizards released, 25 came from Zoo Miami. Two were born and raised at San Antonio Zoo, and 28 were rescued from a Texas ranch earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">READ MORE:<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorAmanda Moreno headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793301971_177_HNOF5Q7XDZHRLLUUG2HBMCL2LQ.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/4D3HOO0LX6BEZGU18MKIUCO443\/\" title=\"View Amanda Moreno&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Moreno<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Amanda Moreno is a digital journalist who joined KSAT 12 News in the fall of 2026. A San Antonio native, she graduated with a journalism degree from the University of the Incarnate Word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The horned lizards were released onto a Texas ranch on Monday SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Texas horned lizards, often&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4258,11723,82,84,83,8702,44802],"class_list":["post-480624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-conservation","tag-miami","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-antonio-zoo","tag-texas-horned-lizard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}