As a battle for territory unfolds between two different species of lizards invasive to Florida, a team of University of Florida scientists is trying to determine what it could mean for public health.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida's fragile native environment has been invaded by countless exotic and invasive animals that have found their way to places ...

Invasive species, like the Burmese pythons and green iguanas, wreak havoc on Florida's ecosystems. But an invasive lizard is garnering extra attention and giving Floridians and their pets more to ...

A single vertebra dug out of a mine in southern Georgia has been used to identified a new genus and new species of lizard. Photo from Calin Razvan Fotograf via Unsplash An unidentified bone pulled ...

1. Introduction -- Class Amphibia. 2. Species accounts: Order Caudata (salamanders) ; 3. Species accounts: Order Anura (frogs) -- Class Reptilia. 4. Species accounts ...

During a cold snap in southern Florida in January, residents were warned to watch out for paralyzed lizards falling from trees. The lowest temperatures in a decade stunned and immobilized the lizards, ...

What's orange (or red) and blue, long and fast? And it could be outside your door, under your car, in the tree over your head ... you get the picture. Say hello to the Peter's rock agama. They're not ...

To say Timothy Russell is proud of his Golden Agama trophy would be an understatement. While the trophy for winning Agamapalooza in September is just a rubber lizard spray-painted gold, don’t tell him ...

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 least ...