While not venomous, their bite can cause serious infections and they are potentially dangerous to people and pets. This ...

Florida's wild residents are closer than you might realize, and none are more in your face than the Brown Anole.

Can one Florida invasive lizard preying on another that doesn't belong here lead to more mosquito bites and dangerous viruses for us all? Researchers suspect the answer might be 'yes.' Invasive brown ...

Florida lizards have absolutely no shame. Photo via sadodada Florida lizard fears no beast. Photo via kelso82290 Seriously, Florida lizards will ride your dog like Atreyu from NeverEnding Story. Photo ...

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 tiny, ...

CORAL GABLES — Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden may look serene at first glance, but beneath the resplendent orchids and majestic banyans, two invasive lizards are waging a turf war. The war started ...

Florida’s brown anole lizards aren’t big or toxic, so their brawls seldom get attention on social media. Video screengrab Two of Florida’s least threatening reptiles are getting laughs on social media ...

Is it a ghost, this tiny, terrifying cold-blooded figure that approaches, miraculously scampering the surface of Florida's lakes and rivers? Take courage, Florida ...

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 ...

From April to September of 2017, Jesse Borden was climbing trees and counting lizards around Alachua County. Sometimes, he could be found in branches on the University of Florida campus or in people’s ...

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

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 ...