As green iguanas become a nuisance in Florida, officials have moved to let people profit from hunting the lizards, then sell ...

According to an April 21 announcement posted to the district's website, a group of community members has submitted this ...

This lizard lived during the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum. At that time, Florida’s coast reached into modern-day Georgia. Warm, swampy waters made it perfect for swimming reptiles. The tegu ...

NASA's new project employs a technique known as sonification. It transmutes space data into sound, allowing us to conceptualise what black holes may "sound" like.

Years ago, Jason Bourque was digging through storage at the Florida Museum of Natural History when he came across a mysterious vertebra from an unknown animal. He returned to the fossil again and ...

Is it a lizard? Is it a snake? In the back of my mind for years and years. It just sat there.” The fossil in question turned out to be from a prehistoric tegu. This find confirms that tegus aren’t so ...

When we think of Florida’s wildlife, charismatic reptiles like alligators and snakes often come to mind. Yet, few would associate the tegu, a South American lizard known for its striking patterns and ...

Originally from South America, the charismatic tegu made its way to the United States via the pet trade of the 1990s. After wreaking havoc in Florida's ecosystems, the exotic lizard was classified as ...

The new species of tegu lizard, Wautaugategu formidus, appears to have come to North America millions of years earlier than the invasive modern-day tegus in Florida and Georgia, according to a ...