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

Like other invasive species, including Burmese pythons and green iguanas, it’s legal to humanely kill Nile monitors on private property without a permit, with landowner permission, or on one of 32 ...

Up-to-date population estimates are difficult to determine because of environmental restraints preventing access to sites where the frogs are thought to live. The goal of the recent efforts has been ...

Self-aware horror set across four time periods sees a woman impregnated by a human-sized pond-beast resulting in multigenerational havoc ...

Frankie Cecere made iguana pizza for the first time during Florida's cold spell in Feb. He wants to add it to his Palm Beach ...

Green iguanas are mostly plant-eaters. Nile monitors are carnivores that actively hunt vertebrate prey. Monitors are bulkier, with longer necks, narrower snouts and thicker, more muscular tails. They ...

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Beneath the surface, a fascinating world of communication unfolds, where the seemingly simple swim bladder plays a pivotal role. Think of a swim bladder like a tiny balloon in bony fish (Osteichthyes) ...

What may sound like a spa day for frogs is all part of a global effort to fight the chytrid fungus — the deadly pathogen responsible for what scientists have called the largest disease-driven loss of ...

Nile monitor lizards are dangerous, invasive predators in Florida. Here's where they are in the state and what to do if you ...

A newly published study co-authored by University of South Florida alum Louis Coticchio and USF integrative biologist Deby ...

Planning a Florida beach trip for spring break? Know the rules before you pack your cooler. Here's where you can drink alcohol on Florida's beaches ...