Park staff located and captured an Argentine black and white tegu lizard that had been spotted in Joseph D. Grant Community Park last week. Tegus tend to eat bird eggs, small birds, small lizards and ...

The tegu is a large, invasive, commonly black and white lizard from Argentina. They can grow up to 4 feet long and weighing 10 pounds or more, according to Georgia Wildlife. Unlike some other lizards, ...

The tegu is a large, invasive, commonly black and white lizard from Argentina. They can grow up to 4 feet long and weighing 10 pounds or more, according to Georgia Wildlife. Unlike some other lizards, ...

After escaping its cage in a Lancaster County home Monday night, a 3-foot lizard weighing close to 15 pounds repeatedly bit an 11-month-old Bennet girl, causing injuries that required stitches, ...

The tegu is a large, invasive, commonly black and white lizard from Argentina. They can grow up to 4 feet long and weighing 10 pounds or more, according to Georgia Wildlife. Unlike some other lizards, ...

The newest established population of the Argentine tegu was recently discovered in St. Lucie County. There are "reproducing populations" of tegus in Hillsborough, Miami-Dade and Charlotte counties.

Hikers were shocked to discover a giant invasive species of lizard — the Argentine tegu — in a California park. An article in Smithsonian magazine revealed that the Argentine tegu was spotted in ...

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 -- ...

Georgia and Florida have their share of gators, turtles, snakes and iguanas. But wildlife officials say not all of the creatures are welcome − particularly one invasive species. Multiple Argentine ...