A Burmese python measuring 17 feet, 3 inches and weighing 152 pounds was the largest female captured by the Big Cypress ...

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

Herpetologists study some of the most complex, misunderstood creatures on Earth. These photos from the 2025 edition of the World Nature Photography Awards (WNPA) offer a rare glimpse into these ...

No game drive vehicles, no cell service, no crowds. On a four-day walking and fly-camping trip in one the Park's protected ...

The more mosquitoes there are, the longer they stay active, and which species they bite all matters. With Florida under ...

Though these lizards are fast and feisty when they’re out to hunt for insects, they rest on branches and leaves through evenings and nights, making them an easy target for mosquitoes.

In many areas, the anole has disappeared, and the redheaded agama are now basking in the sun. While neither lizard is known to carry disease that mosquitoes can contract and then pass on to humans ...

We expected that lizards in the tropics should have evolved the ability to assess food options, because if they don’t, they may risk starving to death.” To test this, the researchers turned to the ...

But it appears that these ‘miracle’ weight-loss drugs owe their existence to a lizard, namely the venomous Gila monster, which is native to the deserts of North America. At the end of the 20th Century ...