What do those have in common? Both the brown anole and Brazilian pepper are invasive species, meaning they are nonnative, introduced by humans and have the potential to cause harm to the ...

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Mosquitoes might be the bane of a summer barbecue in Kendall or a stroll on Miami Beach, but researchers in Florida are now ...

Nature rarely disappoints. Randy Reid caught this photo of what looks to be a non-native brown anole being eaten last week.

Obviously, there is a gradient in how impactful an invasive species is. For example, brown anoles and Burmese pythons vary greatly in the amount of damage they cause but share the same designation of ...

and reptiles like the brown anole, a pencil-sized lizard with a signature orange gullet. Though these lizards are fast and feisty when they’re out to hunt for insects, they rest on branches and ...

Brown anoles, said Melissa Miller, an invasion ecologist at the University of Florida, “may unwittingly be helping humans by absorbing the mosquito bites, and decreasing the transmission of ...