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 ...

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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

James Stroud, a postdoctoral research associate at Washington University in St. Louis, found that most of South Florida’s most common lizard species are able to withstand slightly lower ...

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 ...