Florida has dozens of nonnative lizard species that are bigger, faster and stronger than native species. They have teeth, and some have bad attitudes. Here’s a look at which ones can ...

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...

Strange-looking orange lizards are popping up across Florida. Here’s how they could upend its ecosystems. The species is originally from sub-Saharan Africa ...

An invasive lizard species that looks as if its head was dunked in bright orange mac-and-cheese powder is taking over Florida. Peter’s rock agama are darting around neighborhoods this spring ...

Of all the animals – all the reptiles – in lizard-filled Florida, iguanas are his most common catch. They are invasive, pervasive, and a problem. They’re everywhere.

The night lizards may have been the only terrestrial vertebrates that survived in the region of the asteroid impact 66 ...

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 ...

In the meantime, here are 10 of the most common birds you may spot in your Florida yard. Northern cardinal. Song; Diet: Seeds, insects, berries, insects.Favors sunflower seeds in bird feeders.

Florida's fragile native environment has been invaded by countless exotic and invasive animals that have found their way to places they're not meant to be — most often introduced by humans. They ...

In the 80-plus years since it first came to South Florida, it’s become probably the second most common exotic lizard in the region, behind only the seemingly ubiquitous brown anole,” Wild ...

The brown anole, a nonnative lizard, has grown to be a common sight in Florida. However, it’s possible that its population is now declining, due to the arrival of Peters’s rock agama ...