The Argentine black and white tegu lizard is a non-native, invasive species distributed throughout Florida through escapes or ...

Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...

Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...

Florida’s latest invasive species is a 4-foot-long South American lizard with a taste for eggs that threatens the Everglades’ ground-nesting animals. Laura Roberts has always loved reptiles, so she ...

Giant South American lizards are taking over Florida — just one of the latest in a slew of invasive species that have colonized the Sunshine State. Photo by Robbin Cresswell Argentine black and ...

South Florida is on high alert following the sighting of a new reptilian invader: the giant lizard known as the black and ...

It is now illegal to bring a tegu lizard into South Carolina or breed ... The new action follows concerns that the South American reptile has become an invasive species in the Southeast.