Tegu lizards are emerging threat along the Treasure Coast and eat native Florida species
A staggering 1,533 Argentine black and white tegus have been captured or observed in St. Lucie County, making it a state ...
To kill an iguana: Is it really legal to just walk around and shoot them?
When a resident saw a man slinking across her neighbor’s back lawn to shoot an iguana, she was mortified and questioned if it ...
Invasive Argentine tegu has established itself in a new Florida county. What to know
The newest established Florida population of the invasive Argentine tegu was recently discovered in St. Lucie County. What to ...
Iguanas floated 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on vegetation rafts, new study finds
Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
What the secret lives of lizards tell us about evolution
Each lizard is unique. Some have longer legs, others stronger jaws, and all behave slightly differently. The differences ...
Amid a tropical paradise known as 'Lizard Island,' researchers are cracking open evolution's black box
Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos—delicious Latin American ...
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Pythons, iguanas, agama lizards: Exotic animals sightings around Florida's Treasure Coast
The Argentine black and white tegu lizard is a non-native, invasive species distributed throughout Florida through escapes or ...
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Pythons, iguanas, agama lizards: Exotic animals sightings around Florida's Treasure Coast
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 ...