Someone called police around 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24 about a large lizard under their porch, Sgt. Ryan Bailey told USA ...

Tegu Lizards Are Taking Over the Everglades With his trusty German shepherd in tow, Rodney Irwin drives past a state mental hospital at the edge of the Everglades and pulls into the brush.

A Florida woman has been dubbed the 'new queen of the Everglades' after winning the 2025 Florida Python Challenge's grand ...

After the first adult tegus were captured in Everglades National Park in 2017, their population in South Florida has been on a steep rise. In 2020, hunters captured 961 of the big lizards in and ...

Aaron Mann captured 87 pythons in July as a part of the South Florida Water Management District’s python program. The South ...

In the Everglades, University of Florida interns deploy 300 live traps baited with raw chicken eggs within and just outside the park, from February until October, at which point the lizards enter a ...

There are more than 250 invasive species now inhabiting the Florida Everglades. The flora and fauna have a significant advantage over Florida’s native wildlife because they do not have natural ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to the Florida Everglades, where a hunt is underway for lizards who are not just relatively new to the neighborhood, they're considered a threat to indigenous species.

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge featured 934 participants from 30 states and Canada, who removed 294 invasive Burmese ...

For instance, the Florida Oceanographic Society claims that Alligator Alcatraz has replaced trees and marshes with ‘pavement, barbed wire, and concrete,’ while disrupting water quality.

FORHECZ: Back in the Everglades, biologists Lindsey Garner and Kyle Allen check more traps. They find their second catch of the day. KYLE ALLEN: I'd say he's closer to the 2-foot mark.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to the Florida Everglades, where a hunt is underway for lizards who are not just relatively new to the neighborhood, they're considered a threat to indigenous species.