GRANITE FALLS, Wash. — Reports of a 10-foot alligator have turned out to be an “incredibly docile and friendly” pet tegu by the name of Tazz. Friday night, Snohomish County Deputies were called to an ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is hosting events to help tegu and green iguana owners get their pets microchipped before July 28. After that date, owners would be breaking ...

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Florida is waging war on giant lizards from South America. Your cat will be happy to hear this. This week Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill targeting tegu lizards and other ...

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 -- ...

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 ...

Owners of pet Argentine tegus and green iguanas must legalize their lizards beginning this week as new rules in Florida’s belated but stalwart battle against invasive species take effect. Approved in ...