The lizard’s docile temperament makes it a desirable pet for families. According to National Geographic, nearly 80,000 tegus were imported to the U.S. from South America between 2000 and 2010 ...

When the deputy arrived, she found that the homeowner had already captured the guest, a tegu lizard. Tegus are found in ...

In 2016, researchers supported by FAPESP had shown that tegu lizards reach higher temperatures than the burrows they inhabit in spring. This new study has found a physiological explanation for the ...

Tegus have been documented eating alligator and gopher tortoise eggs and hatchlings. Other species, such as the Eastern indigo snake, the Cape Sable seaside sparrow and the Eastern black rail, are ...

A missing 4ft (1.2m) long lizard which "can run like a T. rex" has either been "picked up" by someone or is "playing the world's best game of hide and seek", her owner says. Echo the Tegu lizard ...

Efforts to find a missing 4ft-long (1.2m) lizard that "runs like a T. rex" are being hindered by "toxic" hoax sightings, its owners have said. Echo the Tegu lizard has been missing since 4 June ...