The war started a few years ago when Cuban brown anoles, who have called South Florida home for about 100 years, came face to face for the first time with a new rival: crested anoles from Puerto Rico.

Researchers at Georgia Tech were conducting a study of Cuban brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Florida when suddenly, a new species appeared on the scene ...

Giant South American lizards are taking over Florida — just one of the latest in a slew of invasive species that have ...

In South Florida, two Caribbean lizard species met for the first time. What followed provided some of the clearest evidence to date of evolution in action. James Stroud, an assistant professor in ...

The Florida Keys mole skink is one of the rarest and most mysterious of Florida natives. This small, five-inch-long lizard has shiny, armor-like scales, a pinkish-red tail and a brown body. It's a ...

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— In response to a Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to reconsider its denial of Endangered Species Act protections to the ...

After bagging 93 of the invasive lizards, the 8-year-old White City agama hunter took his trophy on a victory lap around school, for show-and-tell in his class, and anywhere else he could find a ...