Incidents like a bare-footed man wrestling one on a Florida highway reveal how these animals can unexpectedly disrupt daily life. Many encounters involve alligators intruding into residential areas or ...

Florida and South Carolina outlawed the reptiles a pets in the spring of 2021 ... instead of having to periodically check large swathes of land for physical sightings.

Large python swallows 77-pound deer ... Stroud isn’t done with South Florida’s invasive lizards. He’s currently conducting a study that he’s dubbed the “Lizard Olympics.” ...

This isn't a new phenomenon. For years, our diligent reporters have been keeping an eye on Florida's lizards, including yours truly, who is proud to be on the iguana beat. Iguanas are cold ...

As habitat is drowned and degraded, urban development will prevent the lizard from moving to higher ground across roughly half its range. “We know that climate change and sea-level rise will transform ...

Agamas are native to Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia, but invaded Florida through the pet lizard trade in 1976. Their spread was exacerbated by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, when agamas either ...

They also tend to live close to large bodies of water ... sea turtles and burrowing owls. In 2021, Florida banned having iguanas as pets. The giant lizards have almost no natural predators ...