In September a large lizard that can reach up to 4 feet in length and described as a voracious eater was found living under a home in Athens. The tegu, a lizard that is a native of Argentina that ...

As of this Memorial Day weekend, it got a lot harder to bring a species of large lizard into the Palmetto State. It is now illegal to bring a tegu lizard into South Carolina or breed the lizards ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KIMT/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - A man was reunited with his pet lizard after it escaped its enclosure. For five straight days, a pet Argentine black and white tegu named "Porkchop" was on ...

Originally from South America, the charismatic tegu made its way to the United States via the pet trade of the 1990s. But a recent discovery shows these reptiles are no strangers to the region -- ...

A Georgia homeowner was in for a shock when she found a 3-foot reptile living under her house, wildlife officials say. A woman living in Athens discovered there was an Argentine black and white tegu ...

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 ...

Anubis, the missing Tegu Lizard was found! He was found by a We Energies worker who stopped at the Silver Springs Pick n Save – almost a mile from where Anubis originally went missing. GLENDALE, Wis. ...

In a twist on backyard wildlife encounters, an Orlando man stumbled upon an unexpected guest last week — a peculiar-looking lizard. Orlando resident Gary Nunn wasted no time in identifying the ...

Today, the Argentine black and white tegu is considered an invasive species in Florida, but long before they arrived via the pet trade, their prehistoric ancestors roamed this region. Credit: Kevin ...