Add tegus to the list of invasive species posing an environmental threat to the Florida Keys. On March 4, the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges alerted the public to the black and white tegu ...

The Argentine black and white tegu lizard is a non-native, invasive species distributed throughout Florida through escapes or ...

Invasive Tegus eat vulnerable species like the American crocodile, Key Largo woodrat and juvenile gopher tortoises ...

South Florida is on high alert following the sighting of a new reptilian invader: the giant lizard known as the black and ...

Green iguanas arrived to South Florida in the 1960s. 132 Argentine black and white tegu lizards were seen in St. Lucie County in 2021. Burmese pythons have been spotted on the Treasure Coast at ...

Central to experts' fears is the fact the roughly five-foot-long Argentine black and white tegu eats 'truly anything,' University of Florida wildlife professor Frank Mazzotti told The Palm Beach Post.