the agency has finally listed the tiny reptile under the Endangered Species Act. Found in West Texas and eastern New Mexico, the dunes sagebrush lizard has suffered a population decline largely ...

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 Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly ...

The dunes sagebrush lizard was listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act, per a decision issued May 17 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. An endangered listing means the ...

The dunes sagebrush lizard—a tan, scaly reptile measuring ... Shortly after the lizard was listed as endangered, Wayne Christian, commissioner of the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates ...

The dunes sagebrush lizard — a tan ... Shortly after the lizard was listed as endangered, Wayne Christian, commissioner of the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s oil ...

The tiny dunes sagebrush lizard may blend in with the mounds of sand peppering the oil-rich Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, but its recently approved status as an endangered species ...

The dunes sagebrush lizard is typically found in swaths of the Permian Basin, across southeast New Mexico and West Texas.The rare reptile occurs in only about 4 percent of the oil-rich basin and ...

On Monday, Paxton announced a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and some other officials within the Biden administration for listing the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered.

The dunes sagebrush lizard was listed as endangered in May, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service citing “loss of habitat associated with oil and gas development, sand mining and changing ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the federal government over its decision to add the dunes sagebrush lizard, which lives in the state's biggest oil and gas region, to the endangered ...

This legislation would reverse a final rule issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listing the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard as endangered. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines ...