Powerful, carnivorous Nile monitor lizards are expanding through South Florida's canal systems, with sightings climbing sharply, according to wildlife officials.

Florida residents are no strangers to invasive reptiles. But this 6-foot-long African lizard poses an especially big threat.

In the rainforests of Central and South America, a bright green snake often slips silently through the trees. Known as the ...

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Scientists examined the genomes of 112 reptile species, ranging from snakes and crocodiles to chameleons, and found the reason.

Eating your own kind might not sound like a winning survival strategy, but cannibalism is surprisingly common in the animal kingdom – especially in snakes. A new study has taken a deep dive into the ...

The U.S. Geological Survey calls the 6-foot reptile one of the largest and most dangerous invasive lizards in the U.S.

The state of Florida's 'Dirty Dozen' invasive species list recently got an update, adding three new species to the list and remove three that pose less of ...

If you got eaten by a snake, it could take a whole month to digest you... but it would at least leave your hair ...

Wildlife biologists and trappers in Florida say Nile monitors are an up-and-coming invasive species that threatens native wildlife.

The complex biology of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, has researchers wondering how its absence helps snakes last a long time with no food, if at all.