The FWC approved draft rules in July that would change the listing for “conditional” species, like Burmese pythons and Nile monitor lizards, to "prohibited." The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Wildlife managers in Florida are finally moving to address an existential question: If the state is like an all-you-can eat buffet for invasive reptiles originally introduced as exotic pets, then why ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is considering banning people from buying tegus and green iguanas to keep as pets. According to the FWC, 10,000 tegus have been removed from ...

Last month, state wildlife officials showed up at the premises of a South Florida reptile dealer and confiscated 26 reticulated pythons, nine Burmese pythons and one Burmese-reticulated python hybrid.

Owners of pet Argentine tegus and green iguanas must legalize their lizards beginning this week as new rules in Florida’s belated but stalwart battle against invasive species take effect. Approved in ...