REIDSVILLE, Ga. -- An invasive, giant, and dangerous lizard is creeping its way through southeast Georgia and beyond. The Argentine black and white tegu lizards are originally from South America, and ...

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 ...

SAVANNAH — Researchers are looking for a little help to remove an invasive lizard from South Georgia before it’s too late. Argentine black and white tegus can reach 4 feet long and weigh 10 pounds or ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Wildlife officials in southwest Florida are setting out traps to catch a giant invasive lizard they say is taking over habitat and could threaten native and endangered ...

University of Florida wildlife biologist Lindsey Garner holds an Argentine tegu trapped in the southern Everglades. Biologists fear the number of invasive reptiles is increasing and may threaten ...

With his trusty German shepherd in tow, Rodney Irwin drives past a state mental hospital at the edge of the Everglades and pulls into the brush. A machete rests on the floorboard beneath his feet, and ...

Researchers are looking for a little help to remove an invasive lizard from south Georgia before it's too late. Argentine black and white tegus can reach 4 feet long and weigh 10 pounds or more.

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 ...

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.

More than 100 black-and-white tegu lizards have been spotted in Hillsborough County The lizards produce 25-30 eggs at a time Wildlife officials trap the lizards and humanely euthanize them TAMPA BAY, ...