Nile monitors are spreading through canals, stressing native nests. Florida expands removal rules and urges fast sighting ...

Wildlife officials urge residents not to approach the lizard and to report sightings immediately ...

For invasive reptile hunters in Florida, there’s another predatory lizard on the radar. Nile monitors, native to Africa, are populating parts of the Sunshine State, and they can ...

Some Florida Gulf Coast University professors weigh in on how area wildlife might be reacting to the recent cold snap.

Cozy climate and other factors align in Florida to make the state Earth’s playground for the most established, invasive ...

During a cold snap in southern Florida in January, residents were warned to watch out for paralyzed lizards falling from trees. The lowest temperatures in a decade stunned and immobilized the lizards, ...

There were iguanas that were pushing six to six-and-a-half feet long. They look like dragons, absolutely crazy,” said iguana hunter Ryan Izquierdo.

DAVIE, Florida -- A monster lizard is terrifying a neighborhood in Florida. Trappers, hunting dogs and state wildlife officers have been called in to try and catch the enormous alligator-sized lizard.

Florida’s rare cold snaps can leave iguanas frozen and falling from trees. Here’s the science behind the phenomenon and what ...