The war started a few years ago when Cuban brown anoles, who have called South Florida home for about 100 years, came face to face for the first time with a new rival: crested anoles from Puerto Rico.

Brown anoles are a species of anoles that are brown or gray with a bright orange chin flap. Learn more about what they look like, where they're from, and why they're considered an invasive species ...

The brown anoles are much more aggressive than the greens. They outcompete green anoles for food on the ground, fight even harder for territory and have even been known to prey on green anoles.

Florida has dozens of nonnative lizard species that are bigger, faster and stronger than native species. They have teeth, and some have bad attitudes. Here’s a look at which ones can actually… ...

IF you’ve lived in Houston or Southeast Texas for any period of time, chances are you have probably noticed the small green lizards known as the Green Anole.

Researchers studied whether fewer brown anoles means more birds will get bitten by mosquitoes. Birds are dangerous hosts because of their propensity to spread mosquito-borne diseases.

Discover the unique behaviors of the Green Anole. In this episode discover the unique behaviors of the Green Anole, including the intriguing use of its dewlap, a colorful throat flap displayed ...

So, when the Puerto Rican crested anole suddenly appeared in a Cuban brown anole habitat at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in 2018, the two were competing for similar habitats and food sources.

Learn about Green and Brown Anoles in this week's The Science of It.

An adult female Psorophora ciliata feeds on a human and a brown anole spreads its gullet, technically called a dewlap. Researchers in are looking at how a turf war between lizards in Florida ...

What's scaly, striped and breathes underwater like a scuba diver? Water anoles, a semi-aquatic lizard found in the tropical forests of southern Costa Rica. These green-brown water anoles can dive ...

University of Florida will study whether the exotic Peter's rock agama lizard eating brown anoles raises risk of mosquito-borne diseases in Florida?