Alligator Alcatraz is in Florida, home to dangerous animals that can harm you, like gators, sharks, bears, panthers, snakes ...

Florida has dozens of nonnative lizard species that are bigger, faster and stronger than native species. They have teeth, and some have bad attitudes. Here’s a look at which ones can ...

In South Florida, two Caribbean lizard species met for the first ... While these two small, brown lizards diverged evolutionarily between 40 and 60 million years ago and evolved on completely ...

An adult female Psorophora ciliata feeds on a human and a brown anole spreads its gullet, technically called a dewlap. Researchers in are looking at how a turf war between lizards in Florida ...

Hikers at Joseph D. Grant County Park, just outside of San Jose, saw an Argentine black and white tegu last week—and rangers are now searching for the out-of-place reptile ...

Argentine black-and-white tegus (University of Florida). While tegus eat fruits, vegetables and insects, the animals also eat meat, such as frogs, toads, lizards, snakes, small mammals, and turtles.

Strange-looking orange lizards are popping up across Florida. Here’s how they could upend its ecosystems. The species is originally from sub-Saharan Africa ...

University of Florida researchers are studying how the rise of a new invasive lizard and the decline of another one could potentially raise the risk of mosquito-borne diseases.

"Brown anoles seem like such a small component of the ecosystem," Miller said, ... Citation: How a turf war between lizards in Florida impacts mosquitoes and maybe human health (2025 ...

In South Florida, two Caribbean lizard species met for the first ... While these two small, brown lizards diverged evolutionarily between 40 and 60 million years ago and evolved on completely ...

How a turf war between lizards in Florida impacts mosquitoes and maybe your health . By Denise Hruby | Miami Herald. March 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM EST ...

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 ...