The best way to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day is to ensure there are more gopher tortoises across their natural range in the ...

California's diverse landscapes host a rich variety of snakes, most of which are nonvenomous and crucial for ecosystem ...

People in Palm Beach County may see tegus more often than they realize. They're the reptiles with the dotted black-and-white ...

Most people would call it a "field mouse," but a scientist would ask, "Was it Peromyscus maniculatus? Or Peromyscus leucopus?

The lizards may have swum or “island hopped ... In Florida, they eat alligator eggs and threatened gopher tortoise hatchlings, harming native wildlife and competing with them for food ...

At first, the influencer thought the snake might be a rattlesnake but social media users pointed out that it was likely a ...

The king cobra, a venomous giant from Southeast Asia, contrasts sharply with the eastern indigo snake, North America's ...

Tegus are terrestrial lizards that hail from South America ... including some that are threatened or endangered, like gopher tortoises. In Florida, they’re now considered an invasive species ...

During that cleanup, park officials noticed something had changed across the more than 1,100-acre park – an exploding gopher tortoise population. Fort De Soto Park Manager, Dave Harshbarger ...