University of Florida wildlife researchers are building a better tegu trap, hoping a torrent of artificial intelligence technology will help mitigate the spread of an invasive reptile swarming the ...

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...

A large South American lizard is causing concern to wildlife officials in the state of Georgia. The Argentine black and white tegu has been named by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) ...

On a sweltering July day, the pickup crunches to a halt on the rocky path as the scientists peer into the overgrowth for signs of their objective. With a single phrase, the researchers jump into ...

Hillsborough County, FL - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are setting out traps Wednesday. This is all an effort to catch the Tegu, a large, invasive species of lizard that is ...

A large lizard that is sometimes kept as a pet is wreaking havoc on Florida’s native wildlife and scientists at the University of Florida are working on a solution. Argentine black and white tegus ...

Tegus, an invasive species in Florida, pose a threat to native wildlife and ecosystems. Researchers aim to expand the use of these traps to manage other invasive species like iguanas and Nile monitors ...