LAKELAND, Fla. — Neighbors and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials tell 10 Tampa Bay that an Argentine black and white tegu lizard is roaming in North Lakeland. They told 10 ...

Argentine black and white tegus aren't the most recent invasive species in Florida, and they won't be the last, unfortunately. What they are doing are making themselves at home in Florida. And not ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A large Red tegu lizard found on a Beaumont street this week is now safe and being cared for in a foster home. A Beaumont man found the Red tegu lizard Wednesday night after his ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Black and White Tegu Lizard is no longer lawfully allowed in South Carolina. It is illegal to bring black and white Tegu Lizards into South Carolina or breed them in the state as ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Department of Natural Resources officials are asking owners of black and white tegus lizard and their hybrids to be registered with the state. The lizard naturally ...

In September a large lizard that can reach up to 4 feet in length and described as a voracious eater was found living under a home in Athens. The tegu, a lizard that is a native of Argentina that ...

An invasive species of giant lizards are cropping up in the southeastern United States. The Argentine black-and-white tegu is a stout lizard native to South America. Populations are now established in ...

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla – Some people spend their retirement traveling the world or relaxing at home. Sid Pennington spends his trapping the invasive lizards threatening native wildlife in his community ...

Researchers have sequenced the genome of the tegu, Salvator merianae: a lizard that has taken an evolutionary step toward warm-bloodedness. It is also a highly desired pet, that can often be ...