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In the week preceding Christmas, average temperatures from the Panhandle through the Keys have been as high as 7 degrees ...

Cane toads, aka bufo toads, in Florida secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, ...

The Nile monitor is an invasive, aggressive lizard species established in parts of Florida. These large lizards can grow over 6 feet long and are skilled swimmers and climbers. While not venomous, ...

Florida law generally prohibits sleeping overnight in a vehicle in public spaces. You are permitted to sleep in your car at a Florida rest stop for up to three hours. Some cities, like Key West, have ...

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — A First Coast News crew was walking through Dutton Island Preserve in Atlantic Beach, filming video for a story when something caught their attention. Stradling a guardrail was ...

During a cold snap in southern Florida in January, residents were warned to watch out for paralyzed lizards falling from trees. The lowest temperatures in a decade stunned and immobilized the lizards, ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Six-foot predatory lizards normally found along the Nile River in Africa have set up shop in South Florida — and Palm Beach County canals are a hot spot. Nile monitors, which ...

A single vertebra dug out of a mine in southern Georgia has been used to identified a new genus and new species of lizard. Photo from Calin Razvan Fotograf via Unsplash An unidentified bone pulled ...