Florida has dozens of nonnative lizard species that are bigger, faster and stronger than native species. They have teeth, and some have bad attitudes. Here’s a look at which ones can ...

"If you gave me this and told me it was fish, I would not be able to tell." Hunter shares surprising recipe made with large ...

It all started in October 2023, when a team led by Natalie Claunch, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Florida, stumbled upon a rather rotund northern curly-tailed lizard. At first glance ...

Argentine black-and-white tegus (University of Florida). While tegus eat fruits, vegetables and insects, the animals also eat meat, such as frogs, toads, lizards, snakes, small mammals, and turtles.

Green iguanas arrived to South Florida in the 1960s. 132 Argentine black and white tegu lizards were seen in St. Lucie County in 2021. Burmese pythons have been spotted on the Treasure Coast at ...

University of Florida researchers are studying how the rise of a new invasive lizard and the decline of another one could potentially raise the risk of mosquito-borne diseases.

FLORIDA – A team of scientists from the University of Florida is exploring the impact of a lizard population shift that could influence the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.

An invasive lizard species that looks as if its head was dunked in bright orange mac-and-cheese powder is taking over Florida.. Peter’s rock agama are darting around neighborhoods this spring ...

Green iguanas have become a nuisance in Florida, officials have moved to let people profit from hunting the lizards, then sell them out of state ...

Over 1,500 tegu lizards have been reported or caught in St. Lucie County. St. Lucie County man is Florida's top tegu trapper. Tegus eat alligator eggs and juvenile gopher tortoises.

The lizard first was documented in Florida in 1976 and has since established in Monroe, Miami-Dade, Collier, Lee, Broward, Palm Beach, Charlotte, Sarasota, Manatee, Pinellas, ...

Turf war between lizards in Florida impacts mosquitoes — and maybe your health Disappearance of brown anoles from many areas in state could play role in how pesky bugs spread diseases ...