As a battle for territory unfolds between two different species of lizards invasive to Florida, a team of University of Florida scientists is trying to determine what it could mean for public health.

Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

What do the finches of the Galapagos Islands and the lizards of a tiny island at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden have in common? They’ve both shaped ideas on evolution. But the lizards of Fairchild ...

ABOVE: A look at today's top headlines(WBBH) - Alfredo Fermin has one of those – a ‘you do what?’ kind of job.“He’s trying to bite me right there,” Fermin ...

What's orange (or red) and blue, long and fast? And it could be outside your door, under your car, in the tree over your head ... you get the picture. Say hello to the Peter's rock agama. They're not ...

Over 1,500 tegu lizards have been reported or caught in St. Lucie County. St. Lucie County man is Florida's top tegu trapper. Tegus eat alligator eggs and juvenile gopher tortoises. St. Lucie County ...

The Sunshine State is getting its first taste of the winter season. With temperatures finally dropping below 70 degrees Fahrenheit, Floridians are swapping out their flip flops and swim trucks for ...

MIAMI — Mosquitoes might be the bane of a summer barbecue in Kendall or a stroll on Miami Beach, but researchers in Florida are now also looking at the insects’ more obscure targets — and how even a ...

Was right here and he was big. He had to have been 4 ft living on the canal in Northeast Cape Jill Verd and her three dogs, Cooper Jack and Bear are used to seeing birds and lizards. I don't mind the ...

The Florida homeowner found over a dozen lizards plastered to her home’s windows for warmth as the temperatures dropped, a TikTok video shows. Screengrab from Jess Schreck's TikTok video The Sunshine ...