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 ...

The tegu, Salvator merianae, is an omnivore. As a juvenile, its diet consists of insects, snails, fruits and seeds. The adult tegu also consumes these, but becomes more predatory, eating reptile and ...

St. Lucie County is home to an emerging and breeding population of invasive tegu lizards, but also home to one of the state's most skilled trappers. A staggering 1,533 Argentine black and white tegus ...

The Argentine black-and-white tegu first appeared in the Florida Everglades nearly a decade ago. Invasive Tegu Lizards Are Eating Their Way Through Southeastern US An invasive species of giant lizards ...

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 ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A neighborhood in Polk County is being terrorized by a three-foot lizard that experts say can be aggressive and dangerous. The lizard that’s on the loose is a tegu lizard. They ...

The Argentine black and white tegu is multiplying and mobilizing in the backwoods and backyards of the Sunshine State — a creature more ominous than pythons because of its cold hardiness and ...

West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP) — The Argentine black and white tegu is multiplying and mobilizing in the backwoods and backyards of the Sunshine State — a creature more ominous than pythons because of its ...

The lizards have thrived for years in South Florida, but are colonizing as far north as St. Lucie County. A tegu lizard belonging to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is displayed ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) - Sid Pennington has decided to spend his retirement trapping invasive lizards threatening native wildlife in his community. Pennington, 60, has singlehandedly captured at least ...

STUART (AP) — 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.