If you see a large, intimidating gray and yellow lizard, it’s probably a Nile monitor. They eat anything from bugs to iguanas ...

Researchers uncover a new tegu species from a fossil vertebra in Florida, revealing ancient lizards once roamed North America ...

Six-foot predatory lizards normally found along the Nile River in Africa have set up shop in South Florida — and Palm Beach County canals are a hot spot. Nile monitors, which can grow to just ...

Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons, have been announced ...

The fossil is dated from a very warm prehistoric period when most of Florida was underwater, according to the museum. The lizards may have swum or “island hopped” from South America and lived on what ...

New discoveries in the Dominican Republic suggest sebecids roamed the Caribbean as recently as 4.5 million years ago, long ...

Today, tegus are considered invasive creatures in Florida, but a new paper suggests they’ve lived in the southeastern United ...

The fossil is dated from a very warm prehistoric period when most of Florida was underwater, according to the museum. The lizards may have swum or “island hopped” from South America and lived ...

With no natural predators and plenty of native animals to feast on, Burmese pythons thrive in south Florida and can grow to ...

Tegus, once thought to be newcomers, actually roamed ancient Georgia during a global warm spell millions of years ago — a ...