RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- It is now illegal to buy, sell or release an Argentine Black and White Tegu lizard in North Carolina. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission voted for that back in ...

Wildlife officials in Georgia recently issued a warning about Argentine black and white tegus, 4-foot-long omnivorous reptiles that have been spotted in at least two counties. But earlier this week a ...

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, ...

Argentine black and white tegus aren't the most recent invasive species in Florida, and they won't be the last, unfortunately. What they are doing are making themselves at home in Florida. And not ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A 3.5 foot lizard found on a Beaumont street last week has been reunited with his people and is back home in Beaumont today. Last Wednesday night, a large Red Tegu lizard was found ...

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. Learn more. Back in April last year, I wrote about a new twist on the wooden block: Tegu blocks, which have magnets embedded ...

The Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA is looking for a new home for a rare pet lizard, a 6-pound, 2-foot long Argentinian black and white tegu, which was surrendered to the shelter last week by an owner ...

An invasive species of giant lizards are cropping up in the southeastern United States. The Argentine black-and-white tegu is a stout lizard native to South America. Populations are now established in ...

GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. — John Ball Zoo is helping care for multiple reptiles police say were seized from a home in Gaines Township Sunday morning. The Kent County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) says deputies ...

Nov. 1 (UPI) --Wildlife officials in Georgia said a woman was unaware of a 3-foot tegu lizard living under her porch until neighborhood children told her about a "giant lizard." The Georgia Department ...