For years, scientists could not figure out what creature that a fossil stored at the Florida Museum of Natural History […] ...

The tegu, long thought to be an invasive species, turns out to have arrived in North America about 16 million years earlier ...

Bourque’s co-worker and co-author, Edward Stanley, helped use machine learning and artificial intelligence to compare the fossil to a database of tegu bones, confirming Bourque’s suspicions that it ...

The tegu is native to South America and is known to eat the eggs of several species including turkeys and alligators. These terrestrial lizards are usually found close to the ground. They are ...

Their visibility in urban areas has made them the public face of invasive species in many communities, prompting both management concerns and occasional public sympathy for these charismatic but ...

Emus can reach an average height of 5 feet, 7 inches. Carlos the emu went viral on TikTok for chasing around dogs. It's not every day an emu chases a dog, but TikTok viewers can get a glimpse into ...

Blue-Tongue Skinks The Curious Explorers Blue-Tongue ... Many owners describe their tegus as affectionate, even cuddly at times. This remarkable lizard demonstrates just how interactive and loving ...

Florida has a variety of invasive lizard species, including iguanas, tegus, Nile monitors, agamas, and basilisks. Many of these lizards were introduced through the pet trade and have established ...

Florida has a variety of invasive lizard species, including iguanas, tegus, Nile monitors, agamas, and basilisks. Many of these lizards were introduced through the pet trade and have established ...