They came to the state many years ago via the exotic pet trade. Officials speak out after confirmed sighting of alligator-like lizard along busy road: 'Why … would someone have that for a pet?' first ...

Inside this interactive zoo, you can hold a Burmese python, cuddle with a sloth, hold a small alligator or lizard, feed and pet a bearcat, see big alligators, spiders, geckos, as well as pet capybaras ...

The ability to regrow their tails has been a documented and life-saving skill of small reptiles like lizards and geckos. Now, researchers say they have details of larger reptiles, alligators, ...