For years, scientists could not figure out what creature that a fossil stored at the Florida Museum of Natural History […] ...

There is, however, a hunting operation called Trophy Gator based in the town. It seems almost certain that this proud swamp ...

A newly discovered prehistoric tegu fossil in Florida reveals the ancient origins of these invasive lizards, challenging ...

Tegus, once thought to be newcomers, actually roamed ancient Georgia during a global warm spell millions of years ago — a ...

Scientists named it Wautaugategu formidus. The name “Wautauga” comes from a nearby forest. “Formidus”, Latin for “warm”, nods ...

Today, tegus are considered invasive creatures in Florida, but a new paper suggests they’ve lived in the southeastern United ...

The tegu, long thought to be an invasive species, turns out to have arrived in North America about 16 million years earlier ...

Researchers uncover a new tegu species from a fossil vertebra in Florida, revealing ancient lizards once roamed North America ...

Originally from South America, the charismatic tegu made its way to the United States via the pet trade of the 1990s. After ...