Each lizard is unique. Some have longer legs, others stronger jaws, and all behave slightly differently. The differences ...

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The more mosquitoes there are, the longer they stay active, and which species they bite all matters. With Florida under ...

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 ...

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

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 ...