JOHANNESBURG — South Africa is a hub for the international pet trade, with thousands of animals exported each year. Many of these are exotic birds and mammals like parrots and marmosets, bred locally ...

These non-native Peters’s Rock Agamas originate in Africa. They were introduced to Florida in the late 1970s through the pet trade. Ken Gioeli, an extension agent with the University of Florida’s ...

Peter's rock agama is spreading in Florida, and experts fear it may increase your risk of mosquito-borne diseases.

University of Alberta researchers have unearthed a mysterious link between bones of an ancient lizard found in Africa and the biggest, baddest modern-day lizard of them all, the Komodo dragon, half a ...

AUSTIN, Texas — South African lizards brought to the U.S. as pets have started to populate across Florida in the wild and could spread to nearby states, according to a new study. Researchers at Texas ...

An exotic lizard was abandoned on the side of a Pennsylvania road earlier this month, but now he has a new home and a name. Oscar, the Savannah monitor, was reportedly found inside a trash can in ...

The most important legal decision for lizards in 200,000,000 years has been handed down by a South African court. In Johannesburg Isaac Alter, owner of a curio shop, was haled before a court because ...